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Proverbs 24:22

Proverbs chapter 24 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

v.22This passage

v.23These also aresayingsof the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 16:14

    The wrath of a king isasmessengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

  • Proverbs 20:2

    The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

  • 1 Samuel 31:1

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

  • 2 Samuel 18:7

    And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

  • Hosea 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.

  • Hosea 13:10

    Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?