Proverbs 3:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּ֭ירָא מִפַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹ֑ם וּמִשֹּׁאַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים כִּ֣י תָבֹֽא׃

Transliteration

Not-tîrāʾ from-paḥad pitʾōm and-from-šōʾat rəšāʿîm when tābōʾ

Grammar Details

• *tîrāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you fear
• *paḥad*: noun, masculine singular construct - terror of
• *pitʾōm*: adverb - suddenly
• *šōʾat*: noun, feminine singular construct - destruction of
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *tābōʾ*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it comes

Word Meanings

• *tîrāʾ*: fear/be afraid/dread
• *paḥad*: terror/dread/fear
• *pitʾōm*: suddenly/unexpectedly
• *šōʾat*: destruction/devastation/ruin
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked/evil/criminal
• *tābōʾ*: come/arrive/happen

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 91:5 : 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
• 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye:] and {G5399} fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
• Isa 8:12-13 : 12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread [thereof]. 13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
• Ps 112:7 : 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.
• Mark 4:40 : 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful? have ye not yet faith?
• Dan 3:17-18 : 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
• Job 5:21-22 : 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
• Job 11:13-15 : 13 If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him; 14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. 15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
• Ps 27:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
• Ps 46:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
• Ps 73:19 : 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
• Matt 8:24-26 : 24 And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
• Matt 24:6 : 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these] [things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
• Matt 24:15 : 15 When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
• Luke 21:9 : 9 And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately.
• Luke 21:18-28 : 18 And not a hair of your head shall perish. 19 In your patience ye shall win your souls. 20 But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand. 21 Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter {G1519} therein. 22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 {G1161} Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.
• John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
• Prov 1:27 : 27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.