Proverbs 24:22 · KJV
“For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?”
— Proverbs 24:22
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: {and} meddle not with them that are given to change: {them...: Heb. changers}
These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Proverbs 24 — Context
For there shall be no reward to the evil {man}; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. {candle: or, lamp}
21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: {and} meddle not with them that are given to change: {them...: Heb. changers}
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
23These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou {art} righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Cross References
Psalms 90:11
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, {so is} thy wrath.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim {is} oppressed {and} broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
2 Chronicles 13:16-17
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
2 Samuel 18:7-8
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand {men}.
Numbers 16:31-35
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that {was} under them:
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king {is as} messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
1 Samuel 31:1-7
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. {slain: or, wounded}
Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king {is} as the roaring of a lion: {whoso} provoketh him to anger sinneth {against} his own soul.