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

21 My son, [b](D)fear the Lord and the king;
Do not associate with those who are given to change,
22 For their (E)calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end
  2. Proverbs 24:21 Or reverence

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

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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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