Proverbs 24:21
My son, honor the Lord and the king, and don't join those who are rebellious,
Free Bible Version
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 people have no future—the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
22for disaster will suddenly fall on them. Who knows how the Lord and king will punish them?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31When the Israelites saw the great power that the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they were in awe of the Lord, and they trusted in him and in his servant Moses.
1 Samuel 8:5“Look here,” they told him, “you are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Choose a king to rule over us like all the other nations.”
1 Samuel 24:6He told his men, “May the Lord prevent me from doing anything like this to my master, the Lord's anointed one. I will never attack him, for he is the Lord's anointed one.”
2 Samuel 18:8The battle covered the whole countryside, and that day more died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.
1 Kings 12:16When all the Israelites saw that the king wasn't listening to them, they told the king: “What share do we have in David, and what part do we have in the son of Jesse? Go home, Israel! You're on your own, house of David!” So all the Israelites went home.
Proverbs 23:17Don't think enviously of sinners, but always remember to honor 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 →