Proverbs 24:22
For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.
23These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to 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 in mount Gelboe.
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.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the children of Israel fled before Juda, and the Lord delivered them into their hand.
Proverbs 6:15To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.
Proverbs 20:2As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.
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 →