Proverbs 24:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: My son, fear thou the Lord and the king - Pay to each the homage due: to the Lord, Divine honor and adoration; to the king, civil respect, civil honor, and political obedience.

Meddle not with them that are given to change - עם שונים אל תתערב im shonim al titharab: "And with the changelings mingle not thyself." The innovators; those who are always for making experiments on modes of government, forms of religion, etc. The most dangerous spirit that can infect the human mind.

Proverbs 24:21

21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: