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Proverbs 24:17-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17. While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice; when he trips himself, may your heart not be glad

18. lest Yahweh see and it be evil in his eyes, and turn his anger away from him.

19. Do not fret because of the evildoers; do not envy the wicked.

20. For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.

21. Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; with those who change, do not associate.

22. For suddenly their disaster will come, and the ruin of both of them, who knows?

23. These sayings are also for the wise: Partiality in judgment is not good.