Proverbs 24:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² for disaster comes from them suddenly, and who knows the ruin that both can bring?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the punishment and ruin which both [the Lord and the king] will bring upon [the rebellious]?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²² Disaster comes suddenly from them. Who can know the ruin that both can bring?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² For their perdition shall up rise suddenly. And who knows what ruin will be for each of them?

Proverbs 24:22 Cross References

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.

Psalm 90:11

Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.

Proverbs 20:2

The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and whoever is wise will appease it.

Proverbs 6:15

on such a one calamity will descend suddenly, in a moment, damage beyond repair.

Proverbs 24:16

for though they fall seven times, they will rise again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

1 Kings 1:49

Then all the guests of Adonijah got up trembling and went their own ways.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.