Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
22For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand that the Lord had used against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.
1 Samuel 8:5And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.
1 Samuel 24:6After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.
2 Samuel 18:8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.
1 Kings 12:16Then the people seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying : What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel, now David look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
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 →