Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
In Context
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and the destruction from them both, who knows it?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31And Israel saw the great work which LORD did upon the Egyptians. And the people feared LORD, and they believed in LORD, and in his servant Moses.
1 Samuel 8:5And they said to him, Behold, thou are old, and thy sons do not walk in thy ways. Now make for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 24:6And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed.
2 Samuel 18:8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
1 Kings 12:16And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own hous
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of LORD all the day long.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:20-21
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Here, 1. He repeats the caution he had before given against envying the pleasures and successes of wicked man in their wicked ways. This he quotes from his father David, Ps. xxxvii. 1 . We must not in any case fret ourselves, or make ourselves uneasy, whatever God does in his providence how disagreeable soever it is to our sentiments, interests,… Read the whole commentary →