Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the Lord and the king: with those that are desirous to change do not mingle thyself;
Leeser Tanakh
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 there will be no [happy] future for the bad man: the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.
22For suddenly will their calamity arise; and who knoweth the ruin of both of them!
Cross References
Exodus 14:31And Israel saw that great power which the Lord had shown on the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and then believed in the Lord, and in Moses his servant.
1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways: now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 24:6And he said unto his men, Far be it from me for the Lord's sake, that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him; because he is the anointed of the Lord.
2 Samuel 18:8And the battle became extended there over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured yet more of the people than the sword had devoured on that day.
1 Kings 12:16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people gave the king an answer saying, What portion have we in David? nor have we an inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel: now see to thy own house, David. So did Israel go away unto their tents.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart be envious against sinners; but [remain] in the fear of the lord all the time.
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 →