# General Information:

These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)).

# Fear

a deep respect and awe for a person in authority

# who knows the extent of the destruction that will come from both of them?

The writer asks this question to emphasize the disaster. AT: "no one knows the extent of the destruction that will come from both of them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# both of them

these words refer to Yahweh and the king

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]