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What does Proverbs 24:21 mean?

"My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:"

— Proverbs 24:21 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

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for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

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My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:

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for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?

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These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

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He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”; peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—

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