Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 24:22
Who knoweth — Who can conceive how sore and sudden will be the ruin of them that fear not God, and the king.
Who knoweth — Who can conceive how sore and sudden will be the ruin of them that fear not God, and the king.
Verse Proverbs 24:22. _THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH?_] Of them who do not _fear_ the LORD; and of _them_ that do not _reverence_ the KING....
BOTH - Those who fear not God, and those who fear not the king....
CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk mischief. This theme is repea...
THEIR: i.e. the king and. common man. CALAMITY. overthrow. RUIN. catastrophe. BOTH: i.e. the two who are the subjects of this counsel....
_of them both_ i.e. those who are given to change, whether against God or against the king (Proverbs 24:21); ruinam utriusque quis novit? Vulg. Others understand, the destruction inflicted by them bot...
MY SON FEAR THOU THE LORD, &C.— The LXX, read, _My son, fear God and the king; and be not disobedient to either of them:_ Proverbs 24:22 _for they shall suddenly avenge the wicked; but the punishments...
TEXT Proverbs 24:13-22 13. My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: 14. So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou ha...
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? FOR THEIR CALAMITY SHALL RISE SUDDENLY; AND WHO KNOWETH THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH? - the ruin of both those who fear not...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...
God is like a king. God will punish his enemies. You might escape from an angry king. But you cannot escape from God’s anger. So do not be an enemy of God. God wants you to confess your evil actions....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 24 V1 Do not be jealous of evil men. Do not try to meet them. V2
THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH — _i.e._, the rebels against God and the king....
כִּֽי ־פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑ם וּ פִ֥יד שְׁ֝
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to hi...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor to...
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them (g) both? (g) Meaning, either of the wicked and seditious, as in (Proverbs 24:19; Proverbs 24:21) or of them who do not fear G...
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
FOR THEIR CALAMITY SHALL RISE SUDDENLY,.... And come upon those that fear not God, and rebel against the king and the state, and innovate in matters of religion; and especially that bring in damnable...
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? Ver. 22. _For their calamity shall rise suddenly._] When they think they have made all cock sure. "Had Zimri peace that...
_My son, fear thou the Lord and the king_ Honour and obey both God and the king, and all in authority. He properly puts God before the king, because God is to be served in the first place, and our obe...
V. 22. FOR THEIR CALAMITY, the misfortune sent upon them by God, SHALL RISE SUDDENLY, striking them with unexpected suddenness; AND WHO KNOWETH THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH? For those who rebel against the c...
WHO KNOWETH? who can conceive how sore and sudden it will be? THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH; of them that fear not God, and of them that fear not the king, for they have two potent and terrible enemies; and t...
Proverbs 24:22 calamity H343 rise H6965 (H8799) suddenly H6597 knows H3045 (H8802) ruin H6365 two H8147...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the wicked? We are all g
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:21 Both God and the Davidic KING appear in Proverbs 1:1 as agents of wrath (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 24:21. GIVEN TO CHANGE, literally _otherwise disposed_, or, according to Miller, _repeaters, turners back_. PROVERBS 24:22. THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH, etc. This phrase is variou...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar warning is given, and comp....
Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in couplets or in phrases. Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studies destruction, and their...
1 Samuel 31:1; 2 Chronicles 13:16; 2 Chronicles 13:17; 2 Samuel 18:7;...