Proverbs 6:15
Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
In Context
14Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
Cross References
Psalms 50:22Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Proverbs 1:27When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
Proverbs 29:1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
Jeremiah 19:11and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury — without place to bury;
1 Thessalonians 5:3for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail [doth] her who is with child, and they shall not escape;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →