Proverbs 24:22
For suddenly will their calamity arise; and who knoweth the ruin of both of them!
Leeser Tanakh
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: with those that are desirous to change do not mingle thyself;
23These things also are for the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and there fell down [many] slain on mount Gilboa'.
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.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the children of Israel fled from before Judah, and God gave them up into their hand.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore shall suddenly come his calamity: unawares shalt he be broken without a remedy.
Proverbs 20:2Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Hosea 5:11Oppressed is Ephraim, broken through punishment; because he willingly walked after the commandment [of false prophets].
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 →