Proverbs 24:21-22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:21-22

Note, 1. Religion and loyalty must go together. As men, it is our duty to honour our Creator, to worship and reverence him, and to be always in his fear; as members of a community, incorporated for mutual benefit, it is our duty to be faithful and dutiful to the government God has set over us, Rom. 13:1, 2. Those that are truly religious will be loyal, in conscience towards God; the godly in the land will be the quite in the land; and those are not truly loyal, or will be so no longer than is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear thou the Lord, and the king ,.... First the Lord, and then the king; and such as fear the Lord are generally loyal to their king; the fear of God includes love to him, reverence of him, faith in him, submission to him, and the whole worship of him, inward and outward, attended with holiness of life and conversation: and the king, who is under God, is to be feared also, with a fear suitable to him; he is to be loved and reverenced, to be trusted in and submitted to, in everything... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:22

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear thou the Lord and the king - Pay to each the homage due: to the Lord, Divine honor and adoration; to the king, civil respect, civil honor, and political obedience. Meddle not with them that are given to change - תתערב אל שונים עם im shonim al titharab : "And with the changelings mingle not thyself." The innovators; those who are always for making experiments on modes of government, forms of religion, etc. The most dangerous spirit that can infect the human mind. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:17-29

The ignobler and the nobler spirit (See homily on Proverbs 20:22 .) There can be no question at all, for the testimony of human history is everywhere and at all times the same, as to— I. OUR DISPOSITION UNDER SIN , IN VIEW OF OUR ENEMIES . These two passages indicate it. It is both passive and active. 1 . A disposition to rejoice at their discomfiture; to exult in the secret places of the soul when we hear of their failure, of their defeat, or even of their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:19-22

Religion fortifies the heart against envy I. THE TEMPTATION TO ENVY THE PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED . It is very marked in the Old Testament. It is a common temptation. For we look at the outside of man's condition, and are deceived by illusions. A pirate's venal in the distance, a mansion built and inhabited by infamy, are beautiful objects of aesthetic contemplation. So it is that the show and bravery of success master our senses. II. THE ANTIDOTE TO THESE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:21

Fear thou the Lord and the king. The king is God's vicegerent and representative, and therefore to be honoured and obeyed (see Ecclesiastes 8:2 ; Ecclesiastes 10:20 ; 1 Peter 2:17 ). Meddle not with them that are given to change. There is some doubt about the intepretation of the last word שׁוֹנִים ( shonim ), which may mean those who change, innovators (in which transitive sense the verb does not elsewhere occur), or those who think differently, dissidents, who respect... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:21-22

An injunction urging loyalty to God and the king. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly. Though these dissidents seem to succeed for a time, yet retribution shall fall suddenly upon them. And who knoweth the ruin of them both? This seems to mean the two classes, those who dishonour God and those who dishonour the king; but no such distinction is made in the previous verse; the rebels are classed under one category. Wordsworth renders, "the stroke of vengeance from them both," i . e . from God and the king. Otherwise, we must give... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:21-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:17-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:22

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