Proverbs 24:22
For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance inflicted by both? + 24:22 Heb. omits to the end. [A son that keeps the commandment shall + 24:22 Lit. be outside of. escape destruction; for such an one has fully received it. Let no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yes, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. The king's tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whoever shall be given up to it shall be destroyed: for if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords, and devours men's bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not even fit to be eaten by the young eagles. My son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent.]
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1And the Philistines fought with Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and they fall down wounded in the mountain in Gelbue.
2 Samuel 18:8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the children of Israel fled from before Juda; and the Lord delivered them into their hands.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin. + 6:15 Comp. Heb.
Proverbs 20:2The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
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 →