21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
Focused Passage
Proverbs 24:21-22
Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous
The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.
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Verse 21
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My sonבְּנִ֣יH1121Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularfearיְרָֽא־H3372Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularand the kingוָמֶ֑לֶךְH4428Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularand do notאַל־H408Adverbassociateתִּתְעָרָֽב׃H6148Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singularwithעִם־H5973Prepositionthe rebelliousשׁוֹנִ֑יםH8138Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Noun - masculine singular construct
Verse 22
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Forכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthey will bringיָק֣וּםH6965Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularsuddenפִ֭תְאֹםH6597Adverbdestructionאֵידָ֑םH343Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralWhoמִ֣יH4310Interrogativeknowsיוֹדֵֽעַ׃סH3045Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularwhat ruinוּפִ֥ידH6365Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct[they] can bringשְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗םH8147Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine plural