Pro 24:11-12, 31:8-9, Luk 19:37-40, Act 4:20 | ESV | STEP | Rescue those who are being taken away to death ; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter .

Proverbs 24:11-12

11 ^aRescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
^bdoes not he who ^cweighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who ^dkeeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man ^eaccording to his work?

Proverbs 31:8-9

8 ^fOpen your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute. ^{▼▼Hebrew are sons of passing away}
9 Open your mouth, ^hjudge righteously,
ⁱdefend the rights of ^jthe poor and needy.

Luke 19:37-40

37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives— ^kthe whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice ^lfor all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, ^m“Blessed is ⁿthe King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and ^oglory in the highest!” 39 ^pAnd some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, ^qthe very stones would cry out.”

Acts 4:20

20 for ^rwe cannot but speak of what ^swe have seen and heard.”