Proverbs 24:22
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
23These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
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.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man].
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 →