Proverbs 24:22
because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Later, the Philistines again fought against the Israelis. The Israelis ran away from them, and ◄many Israelis were killed/the Philistines killed many Israelis► on Gilboa Mountain.
2 Samuel 18:8The battle was fought {They fought the battle} all over that area, and the number of men who died because of dangerous things in the forest [PRS] was greater than the number of men who were killed ◄in the battle/by swords►.
2 Chronicles 13:16The soldiers of Israel fled from the soldiers of Judah, and God enabled the army of Judah to defeat them.
Proverbs 6:15But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.
Proverbs 20:2Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.
Hosea 5:11And the people of Israel will suffer greatly when I punish them, because they are very determined to worship idols.
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 →