Proverbs

¹⁸Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. ¹⁹Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; ²⁰For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle 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 ruin of them both? ²³These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. ²⁴He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: