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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.

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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