Proverbs 24:21
Fear Yahweh, and fear the king, my son; 1 do not associate with those who rebel against them, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
In Context
20for the evil person has no future 1 and the lamp of wicked people will go out. 1
Cross References
Exodus 14:31When Israel saw the great power that Yahweh used against the Egyptians, the people honored Yahweh, and they trusted in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
1 Samuel 8:5They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
1 Samuel 24:6He said to his men, “May Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Yahweh's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is Yahweh's anointed.”
2 Samuel 18:8The battle spread throughout the whole countryside, and more men were consumed by the forest than by the sword.
1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered him and said, 1 “What share do we have in David? 2 We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse! 1 Go to your tents, Israel. 2 Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel went back to their tents.
Proverbs 23:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, 1 but continue in the fear of Yahweh all the day. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:20-21
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Here, 1. He repeats the caution he had before given against envying the pleasures and successes of wicked man in their wicked ways. This he quotes from his father David, Ps. xxxvii. 1 . We must not in any case fret ourselves, or make ourselves uneasy, whatever God does in his providence how disagreeable soever it is to our sentiments, interests,… Read the whole commentary →