Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 3:25

25. Be not afraid of sudden fear , neither of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

i. e. Thou shalt not be afraid. For that it is a Promise seems most probable from the Context: onely it is for greater Emphasis delivered in the form of a Precept, I allow thee and require thee not to be afraid, which is both thy duty and priviledge.

For sudden and unexpected evils are most frightful and grievous. And fear is here put for the evils feared, as Prov. 1. 26, 27. and oft elsewhere.

Either 1. actively, which they bring upon thee. Or rather 2. passively, which befals them, when the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the Inhabitants of the Earth for their Iniquity, as it is expressed, Isa. 26. 21. and thou mayest be apt to fear lest thou shouldst be involved in the common calamity; but fear not, for God▪ will then hide thee in his Chambers, as he promised, Isa. 26. 20

Marginal references: Psal. 91. 5▪