Proverbs 24:12 meaning and explanation

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

Proverbs 24:12, Berean Standard Bible

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These verses continue a fatherly instruction in the book of Proverbs, urging the reader to rescue those being led away to death and not to plead ignorance. The imagined excuse, "we did not know about this," is answered by the God who weighs hearts.

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