Proverbs 24:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Who knows what sudden disaster the LORD or a ruler might bring?

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Adonijah's guests shook with fear when they heard this news, and they left as fast as they could.

No one knows the full power of your furious anger, but it is as great as the fear that we owe to you.

An angry ruler can put you to death. So be wise! Don't make one angry.

An angry ruler is like a roaring lion— make either one angry, and you are dead.

Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up. But when trouble strikes the wicked, that's the end of them.

But they will be struck by sudden disaster and left without a hope.

None of us know when we might fall victim to a sudden disaster and find ourselves like fish in a net or birds in a trap.

Israel was brutally crushed. They got what they deserved for worshipping useless idols.