Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Berean Standard Bible
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 the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
1 Samuel 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
1 Samuel 24:6So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
2 Samuel 18:8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
Proverbs 23:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
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 →