Proverbs 24:22

New English Translation

for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

All of Adonijah’s guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

Psalm 90:11

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

Proverbs 20:2

The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.

Proverbs 24:16

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.