Proverbs 6:15
Therefore his calamity comes suddenly, || He is broken instantly—and no healing.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
In Context
14Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, || He sends forth contentions.
16These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
Cross References
Psalms 50:22Now understand this, || You who are forgetting God, || Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Proverbs 1:27When your fear comes as destruction, || And your calamity comes as a windstorm, || When adversity and distress come on you.
Proverbs 29:1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, || Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
Jeremiah 19:11and have said to them, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Thus I break this people and this city, as one breaks the potter’s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury—without place to bury;
1 Thessalonians 5:3for when they may say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes [on] them, as the travail [on] her who is with child, and they will not escape;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →