Proverbs 24:22
For their perdition shall rise up suddenly. And who knows what ruin will be for each of them?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king. And do not mingle with detractors.
23Likewise, these things are for the wise. It is not good to base judgment on knowledge of character.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 18:8Now the battle in that place was dispersed over the face of all the land. And there were many more of the people whom the forest had consumed, than the sword had devoured, on that day.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the sons of Israel fled from Judah, and the Lord delivered them into their hand.
Proverbs 6:15To this one, his perdition will arrive promptly, and he shall be crushed suddenly: he will no longer have any remedy.
Proverbs 20:2Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim has been enduring malicious slander and broken judgment, because he began to go after filth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:22-23
Counsel to Magistrates. 21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? Note, 1. Religion and loyalty must go together. As men, it is our duty to honour our Creator, to worship and reverence him, and to be always in his fear; as members of a community, incorporated for mutual benefit, it is our duty to be faithful and dutiful to the government God has set over us, Rom. xiii. 1, 2 . Those… Read the whole commentary →