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Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.
Proverbs 24:21 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 24:21 in other translations
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
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In context
18 Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.
20 For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.
22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?
23 These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.
24 They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
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