Proverbs 24:22
for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
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.
2 Chronicles 13:16The children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of 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 →