22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruin of them [a]both?

23 Also these things pertain to the wise, It is not good [b]to have respect of any person in judgment.

24 He that saith to the wicked, (A)Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhor him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:22 Meaning, either of the wicked and seditious, as verse 19 and 21, or, of them that fear not God, nor obey their King.
  2. Proverbs 24:23 Hebrew, to know the face.

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