Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 24:22
22. their calamity, c.—either what God and the king inflict, or what changers and their company suffer better the first. read more
Proverbs 24:22 Nasb
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 24:17-22
III. COLLECTION 3: THIRTY SAYINGS OF THE WISE 22:17-24:22A third major section of the Book of Proverbs begins with Proverbs 22:17. This is clear from several indicators. The proverbs lengthen out again from the typical one-verse couplet that characterizes Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:16 (cf. chs. 1-9). Also, the phrase "my son" appears again, as in chapters 1-9. Third, we read in Proverbs 22:20 (in the Hebrew text) that a group of 30 sayings will follow. The NASB translators rendered this... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 24:21-22
The change in view is deviation from the will of God or the laws of the king. The phrase "both of them" (Proverbs 24:22) refers to God and the king. The structure is again chiastic to emphasize the central thought of the proverb. People should fear God and the government because they both punish rebels (cf. Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:17).This concludes the so-called 30 sayings of the wise, as is clear from Proverbs 24:23 a. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 24:22
B. The 30 Sayings 22:22-24:22Waltke titled the first 10 sayings "a Decalogue of sayings about wealth." [Note: Ibid., p. 225.] read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:1-34
5. Read, ’A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.’7. When put on his trial ’in the gate’ of the city, where public business was usually transacted, he has nothing to say (Matthew 22:12). 10. Adversity is sent to bring out your strength: if you are slack and irresolute in the day of trial you are proved to be a weakling. 11, 12. Do not seek to evade your responsibilities (Genesis 4:9; James 4:17). 13, 14. Wisdom is as sweet as honey.16-18. Seven] an... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 24:22
(22) The ruin of them both—i.e., the rebels against God and the king. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 24:1-34
Wisdom the Builder Proverbs 24:3-4 Men everywhere are engaged in house-building. Some in dreamy castle-building; some in material fortune-building; all in inward character-building, building up, each one of them, the history of a life, the destiny of an eternity. I. To begin at the bottom of the scale, let us glance at that kind of building which with so many people is the first and chief concern of life the building up of their material fortunes. While heavenly wisdom will not permit us to... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:1-34
CHAPTER 25FORGIVING"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 his work,"- Proverbs 24:28-29"Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown, lest the Lord see it and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him."- Proverbs 24:17-18."He that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished."- Proverbs 17:5"If thine enemy... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 24:1-34
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... read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 24:21-22
Proverbs 24:21-22. 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: Pro 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... read more