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Proverbs 24:22
For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?
Proverbs 24:22 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 24:22 in other translations
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
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In context
19 Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.
20 For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.
22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?
23 These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.
24 They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
25 They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.
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