Proverbs 24:22
t A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw-teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1And the Philistines fought with Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and they fall down wounded in the mountain of Gelbue.
2 Samuel 18:8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the children of Israel fled from before Juda; and the Lord delivered them into their hands.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin. + 6:15 Comp. Heb.
Proverbs 20:2The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
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 →