Proverbs 24:22
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
Berean Standard Bible
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 do not associate with the rebellious.
23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 18:8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
2 Chronicles 13:16So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
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 →