20 For (A)there will be no [a](B)future for the evil person;
The (C)lamp of the wicked will be put out.

21 My son, [b](D)fear the Lord and the king;
Do not get involved with those [c]of high rank,
22 For their (E)disaster will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that can come from both of them?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end
  2. Proverbs 24:21 Or revere
  3. Proverbs 24:21 Or who change

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