Proverbs 24:21
My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
Bible in Basic English
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 will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
Cross References
Exodus 14:31And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
1 Samuel 8:5And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
1 Samuel 24:6\24:5\And later, David was full of regret for cutting off Saul's skirt.
2 Samuel 18:8And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.
1 Kings 12:16And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.
Proverbs 23:17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
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 →