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Proverbs 24:19,20

Perhaps you are afraid of evil people. Or perhaps you are jealous of their money or importance. Then, remember what will happen to them. In the end they will die. God is a fair judge. And he will punish them for their evil behaviour. So serve God! And learn to avoid evil actions!

v21 Respect God, and respect the king, my son.

Do not oppose them.

v22 Both God and the king will suddenly destroy those that oppose them.

Both can cause great troubles.

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See also Proverbs 24:19,20 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 repea...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 24:7 A. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9. thought: the wor...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FRET NOT. Chafe not thyself. Compare Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7; Psalms 37:8. EVIL MEN. evil-doers. Compare Psalms 37:1;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Comp. Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 24:13-22 13. My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: 14. So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou ha...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; FRET NOT THYSELF ... NEITHER BE THOU ENVIOUS AT THE WICKED - (; ; ; .)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF EVIL MEN — _i.e.,_ at the sight of their prosperity, the same difficulty which occurred to the Psalmist (Psalms 37:1). (Comp. also Psalms 73:3 and Jeremiah 12:1.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַל ־תִּתְחַ֥ר בַּ † מְּרֵעִ֑ים אַל ־תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "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 hi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Contend. Or Hebrew, "associate." --- Like. Ver. 1., and Psalm xxxvi. 1._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF EVIL [MEN],.... Because of their outward prosperity and worldly happiness, any more than rejoice at their adversity; neither do the one nor the other; where the one prevail...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked; Ver. 19. _Fret not thyself because of evil men._] We are wondrous apt to be sick of the fret; hence so many precepts to...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Fret not thyself because of evil men_ For their present impunity, or good success. _For there shall be no reward to the evil man_ All his hopes and happiness shall quickly and eternally perish, and h...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 19. FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF EVIL MEN, becoming enraged with envy on account of their apparent good fortune, NEITHER BE THOU ENVIOUS AT THE WICKED, whose prosperity often seems so great;...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF EVIL MEN: Or, keep not company with the wicked...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FRET NOT THYSELF; which translation of the word is confirmed by the parallel word in the following clause. BECAUSE OF EVIL MEN; for their present impunity and good success....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 24:19 fret H2734 (H8691) evildoers H7489 (H8688) envious H7065 (H8762) wicked H7563 Fret - or, Keep not company with the wic

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the wicked? We are all g

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:19 See Psalms 37:1. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 24:20. REWARD. The same word used in Proverbs 24:14, and in chap. Proverbs 23:18. Its literal meaning is “a hereafter.” Zöckler translates it end in the first two instances,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar warning is given, and comp....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in couplets or in phrases. Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studies destruction, and their...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Timothy 3:2; Ephesians 5:11; Numbers 16:26;...

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