Proverbs 3:25 (BSB)

Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 3:25

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:21-26: Solomon, having pronounced those happy who not only lay hold on wisdom, but retain her, here exhorts us therefore to retain her, assuring us that we ourselves shall have the comfort of doing so. I. The exhortation is, to have religion's rules always in view and always at heart, Pro 3:21. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 3:25: Be not afraid of sudden fear,.... Of anything terrible that comes unawares, unthought of, by any of the above things mentioned in the preceding note; or by any rumours and reports of danger being near at hand; always think thyself safe in the arms of Wisdom, and under the care of Israel's keeper, who neither slumbers nor sleeps; neither of the desolation of the wicked...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:25: Be not--or, "You shall not be." sudden fear--what causes it (Pro 1:27), any unlooked-for evil (Psa 46:3; Psa 91:12; Pe1 3:14). desolation-- (Pro 1:27).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 3:25: Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. (l) For when God destroys the wicked he will save his as he did Lot in Sodom.