Proverbs 24:21
My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
22For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31And Israel saw the mightie power, which the Lord shewed vpon the Egyptians: so the people feared the Lord, and beleeued the Lord, and his seruant Moses.
1 Samuel 8:5And said vnto him, Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: make vs nowe a King to iudge vs like all nations.
1 Samuel 24:6And afterward Dauid was touched in his heart, because he had cut off the lappe which was on Sauls garment.
2 Samuel 18:8For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.
1 Kings 12:16So when all Israel sawe that the King regarded them not, the people answered the King thus, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue none inheritance in the sonne of Ishai. To your tents, O Israel: nowe see to thine owne house, Dauid. So Israel departed vnto their tents.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lord continually.
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 →