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19 Do not be upset because of evil people,
or be envious of the wicked,
20 for the evil person has no future,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

21 My son, fear Adonai and the king,[a]
and do not associate with rebels.
22 For their destruction will arise suddenly,
and who knows the ruin both Adonai and the king can bring?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:21 cf. Rom. 13:1-5.