Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
World English Bible British
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 there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
22for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31Israel saw the great work which the LORD did to the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.
1 Samuel 8:5They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
1 Samuel 24:6He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
2 Samuel 18:8For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
Proverbs 23:17Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
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 →