Proverbs 24:22
For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.
23ALSO THESE THINGS PERTEINE TO THE WISE, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistims fought against Israel, and the me of Israel fled away from ye Philistims, and they fell downe wounded in mount Gilboa.
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.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the children of Israel fledde before Iudah, and God deliuered them into their hande.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.
Proverbs 20:2The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, and broken in iudgement, because he willingly walked after the commandement.
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 →