Proverbs 1:27

yes when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

In Context

26therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

28For it shall be that when you⌃ call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:9will keep my strength, looking to you; for you, O God, are my helper. 1

Proverbs 3:25And you shall not be afraid of alarm coming upon you, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.

Proverbs 10:25When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.

Jeremiah 23:19Behold, there is an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33

Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →

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