Proverbs 24:12-22

12 If you say, "See, we did not know this," Does He not ¹consider it ²who weighs the hearts? And ³does He not know it who ⁴keeps your soul? And will He not ⁵render to man according to his work?

13 My son, eat ⁶honey, for it is good, Yes, the ⁷honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;

14 Know that ⁸wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a ⁹future, And your hope will not be cut off.

15 ¹⁰Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;

16 For a ¹¹righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the ¹²wicked stumble in time of calamity.

17 ¹³Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased *, And turn His anger away from him.

19 ¹⁴Do not fret because of evildoers Or be ¹⁵envious of the wicked;

20 For ¹⁶there will be no ¹⁷future for the evil man; The ¹⁸lamp of the wicked will be put out.

21 My son, ¹⁹fear the LORD and the king; Do not associate with those who are given to change,

22 For their ²⁰calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

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Proverbs 24:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. Ecclesiastes 5:8
2. 1 Samuel 16:7; Proverbs 21:2
3. Psalms 94:9-11
4. Psalms 121:3-8
5. Job 34:11; Proverbs 12:14
6. Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:103; Proverbs 25:16; Song of Songs 5:1
7. Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 27:7; Song of Songs 4:11
8. Proverbs 2:10
9. Proverbs 23:18
10. Psalms 10:9, 10
11. Job 5:19; Psalms 37:24; Micah 7:8
12. Proverbs 6:15; Proverbs 14:32; Proverbs 24:22; Jeremiah 18:17
13. Job 31:29; Psalms 35:15, 19; Proverbs 17:5; Obadiah 12
14. Psalms 37:1
15. Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 24:1
16. Job 15:31
17. Proverbs 23:18
18. Job 18:5, 6; Job 21:17; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20
19. Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:17
20. Proverbs 24:16

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "bring back"
[b]. Lit "latter end"
[c]. Lit it "is evil in His eyes"
[d]. Lit "latter end"
[e]. Or "reverence"

Proverbs 24:12-22

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Proverbs 24:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

Cross References 20

Footnotes 5