Proverbs 6:15
To this one, his perdition will arrive promptly, and he shall be crushed suddenly: he will no longer have any remedy.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
In Context
14With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict.
16Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
Cross References
Proverbs 1:27When sudden calamity rushes upon you, and your demise advances like a tempest, when tribulation and anguish overcome you,
Proverbs 29:1The man who, with a stiff neck, treats the one who corrects him with contempt will be suddenly overwhelmed to his own destruction, and reason shall not follow him.
Jeremiah 19:11And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: In the same way, I will crush this people and this city, just as the potter’s vessel was crushed and cannot be made whole again. And they will be buried at Topheth, because there will be no other place for burial.
1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they will say, “Peace and security!” then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →