Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 24:22
22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
Proverbs 24:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
- New International Version (NIV)for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
- English Standard Version (ESV)for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
- New King James Version (NKJV)For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin those two can bring?
Context of Proverbs 24:22
20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. 21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious. For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring? 23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. 24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:22 word by word
כִּֽי־פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑ם וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:22
- Numbers 16:31As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 18:7There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- 2 Chronicles 13:16So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- Hosea 13:10Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
- Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
- Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The ruin of them both? - Of them who do not fear the Lord; and of them that do not reverence the King.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Both - Those who fear not God, and those who fear not the king.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-22Verses 21-22 The godly in the land, will be quiet in the land. There may be cause to change for the better, but have nothing to do with them that are given change.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Saying 30: The king is linked to the Lord, showing his power and rule on earth (see 1 Samuel 12; Psalm 2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. A warning against impiety and resistance to lawful rule (Ro 13:1-7; 1Pe 2:17). meddle ... change--(Compare Margin), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the society of restless persons.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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