Proverbs 24:22 Cross References - NSB

²² Their calamity will rise suddenly! Who knows the ruin from both of them?

³¹ When he finished speaking, the ground under them split, ³² and the earth opened up to swallow them, their families, the followers of Korah, and all their property. ³³ They went down alive to their graves with everything that belonged to them. The ground covered them. They disappeared from the assembly. ³⁴ All the Israelites around them ran away when they heard their screams. They thought the ground would swallow them, also. ³⁵ Fire came from Jehovah and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.

¹ When the Philistines fought Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa. ² The Philistines caught up to Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. ³ The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was badly wounded by them. ⁴ He said to the young man carrying his weapons: »Draw your sword and kill me. That way these godless Philistines will not gloat over me and kill me.« But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. ⁵ The young man saw that Saul was dead. Then he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul. ⁶ That is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died. All of Saul’s men died that day. ⁷ The Israelites on the other side of Jezreel Valley and east of the Jordan River heard that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had been killed. They abandoned their towns and fled. Then the Philistines came and occupied the towns.

⁷ Battles were fought all over the forest. David’s soldiers were winning. Twenty thousand soldiers were killed that day. ⁸ More soldiers died from the dangers of the forest than from the fighting.

¹⁶ The Israelites fled from Judah’s army. God handed them over to Judah. ¹⁷ Abijah and his men defeated them decisively. Five hundred thousand of the best men of Israel were killed.

¹¹ Who understands the power of your anger, and your fury according to the reverence that is due you?

¹⁴ Anger from a king is the messenger of death, but a wise man will placate it.

² Fear of a king is like the roar of a lion. Provoke him to anger and sin against yourself.

¹¹ »Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment because he was content to walk after man's command.

¹⁰ »Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said: ‘Give us kings and officials!’ ¹¹ »I gave you a king when I was angry, and I took him away when I was furious.