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20 For there will not be a future for the evil;
    the lamp of the wicked will die out.
21 Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king;
    with those who change, do not associate.
22 For suddenly their disaster will come,
    and the ruin of both of them,[a] who knows?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:22 Literally “the two of them”

20 for the evildoer has no future hope,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.(A)

Saying 30

21 Fear the Lord and the king,(B) my son,
    and do not join with rebellious officials,
22 for those two will send sudden destruction(C) on them,
    and who knows what calamities they can bring?

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