Proverbs 24:22
For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
In Context
21Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;
23These things also, concern the wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:1Now, as, the Philistines, were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain, in Mount Gilboa.
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.
2 Chronicles 13:16And the sons of Israel fled from before Judah,—and God delivered them into their hand.
Proverbs 6:15For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.
Proverbs 20:2The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.
Hosea 5:11Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment,—because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood.
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 →