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Proverbs 24:21

Proverbs chapter 24 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

Context

v.20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

v.21This passage

v.22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Titus 3:1

    Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

  • Numbers 16:1

    Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, tookmen:

  • 2 Samuel 15:13

    And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:2

    I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

  • Matthew 22:21

    They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

  • Romans 13:1

    Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.