Proverbs 24:22

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 the Lord and of those who fear not the king shall come in an hour they know not ()....

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....

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. Proverbs 23:19 below). "Men of wickedness," wholly given over to evil. NEITHER DESIRE TO BE WITH THEM. Their company is pollution, and association with them makes you a partner in their sinful doings. The Septuagint prefaces the paragraph with the personal address, υἱέ_ _"son." PROVERBS 24:2 For their heart studie

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 heresies, and, while they cry Peace, peace, and are pleasing themselves with their new schemes and prosperous success, swift and sudden destruction comes upon them, 2 Peter 2:1; AND WHO KNOWETH THE RUIN OF THEM BOTH? of those that fear not the Lord, nor the king; or of those who are given to change, and innovate in things civil and religious; and of those who meddle with them and join themselves to them: the ruin of themselves and families, in a civil sense, is great and inexpressible, who rebel against their prince, and endeavour to change and subvert the present government; and the ruin of the souls of men, both of the deceivers and the deceived, is beyond all conception and ex

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 repeatedly referred to in this chapter. In Proverbs 24:15 the evil man is addressed not to lay wait for the righteous and not to spoil his resting place. The Lord takes care of the righteous; he may be overcome by misfortunes seven times, yet will he rise again. Different it is with the wicked when he falls into mischief. Yet there must be no rejoicing over the fall of the enemy, nor gladness when he stumbled. This displeaseth the Lord. Still higher is the command of the New Testament, “Love your enemies; ... recompense no man evil for evil; ... overcome evil with good.” There is to be no fretting because of evil men nor envy ...

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 both, sc. both God and the king. Comp. calamity from God, lit. the calamity of (inflicted by) God, Job 31:23. Another rendering, _of their years_, i.e. which shall bring to an end their life is noticed in R.V. margin....

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 of both of them, who shall know?_ Whence it is plain, says Dr. Grey, that they read the same word in both verses, though they happened to read the wrong word in both; namely שׁניהם _sheneihem, them both;_ whereas it seems evident to me, that שׁונים _shonim, them that are given to change,_ should be read in the second period as well as in the first; and then the sense will be, _Suddenly shall their calamity rise; and the destruction of changes, who knoweth? i.e_. "Who can tell the manifold miseries and mischiefs, which men of factious spirits bring upon themselves and others?" Houbigant renders the latter clause of the 22nd verse, And who can foresee the destr

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 hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off. 15. Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place. 16. For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. 17. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18. Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him. 19. Fret not thyself because of evildoers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: 20....