Proverbs 24:22
for disaster will suddenly fall on them. Who knows how the Lord and king will punish them?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21My son, honor the Lord and the king, and don't join those who are rebellious,
23These are more sayings of the wise: Showing favoritism when passing judgment is wrong.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Meanwhile the Philistines had attacked Israel, and the Israelite army ran away from them, and many were killed on Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 18:8The battle covered the whole countryside, and that day more died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.
2 Chronicles 13:16The Israelites ran away from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah, defeated.
Proverbs 6:15As a result, disaster falls suddenly on such people; in just a moment they're destroyed without hope of healing.
Proverbs 20:2When a king gets terribly angry, he sounds like a roaring lion; anyone who makes him furious is liable to be killed.
Hosea 5:11The people of Ephraim are crushed, smashed to pieces in judgment because they were determined to follow human commands.
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 →