^21-22 My son, watch your step before the Lord and the king, and don’t associate with radicals. For you will go down with them to sudden disaster, and who knows where it all will end?

²⁴ He who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,” shall be cursed by many people of many nations; ²⁵ but blessings shall be showered on those who rebuke sin fearlessly.