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Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
Proverbs 24:21 · World English Bible
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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. Do not join those who are rebellious:
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In context
18 lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
20 for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21 My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22 for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
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