Proverbs

¹⁶For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. [Job 5:19; Ps. 34:19; 37:24; Mic. 7:8.] ¹⁷Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles or is overthrown, ¹⁸Lest the Lord see it and it be evil in His eyes and displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him [to expend it upon you, the worse offender]. ¹⁹Fret not because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked, ²⁰For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. ²¹My son, [reverently] fear the Lord and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary], ²²For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the punishment and ruin which both [the Lord and the king] will bring upon [the rebellious]?