Proverbs

¹⁸Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. ¹⁹Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; neither be thou envious at the wicked: ²⁰For there will be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. ²¹My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: ²²For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the destruction of them both? ²³These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. ²⁴He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him: