Proverbs 24:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?”
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“For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?”
King James Version · Public Domain“For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both--who knoweth!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 24:22 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:31As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 18:7There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 18:8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
- 1 Kings 1:49At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
- 2 Chronicles 13:16So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
- Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
- Proverbs 6:15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
- Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- Hosea 13:10Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
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