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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:21 Or reverence

24 He (A)who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
(B)Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;
25 But (C)to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.

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