Proverbs 24:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ Don't give up and be helpless
    in times of trouble.

¹¹ Don't fail to rescue those
    who are doomed to die.
¹² Don't say, “I didn't know it!”
    God can read your mind.
He watches each of us
    and knows our thoughts.
And God will pay us back
    for what we do.