Proverbs 24:21
Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.
22For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?
Cross References
Exodus 14:31And when Israel saw the mighty hand wherewith Yahweh had wrought against the Egyptians, then did the people revere Yahweh,—and they put their trust in Yahweh, and in Moses, his servant.
1 Samuel 8:5and said unto him—Lo! thou, art old, and, thy sons, walk not in thy ways: Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations.
1 Samuel 24:6And he said unto his men—Far be it from me, of Yahweh, that I should do this thing unto my lord, unto the Anointed of Yahweh, to thrust forth my hand against him,—for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he!
2 Samuel 18:8And the battle there was spread out over the face of all the land,—and the forest devoured more of the people than the sword devoured on that day.
1 Kings 12:16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying—What portion have, we, in, David. Or inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your homes O Israel! Now, see to thine own house, O David! And Israel departed to their homes.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, 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 →