Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
Darby Translation
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 future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31And Israel saw the great power [with] which Jehovah had wrought against the Egyptians; and the people feared Jehovah, and believed in Jehovah, and in Moses his bondman.
1 Samuel 8:5and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations.
1 Samuel 24:6And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.
2 Samuel 18:8And the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
1 Kings 12:16And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? And [we have] no inheritance in the son of Jesse: To your tents, O Israel! Now see to thine own house, David! And Israel went to their tents.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all 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 →