Proverbs 24
V. 19. Fret not thyself because of evil men, becoming enraged with envy on account of their apparent good fortune, neither be thou envious at the wicked, whose prosperity often seems so great; v. 20. for there shall be no reward to the evil man, he will have no lucky future or end; the candle of the wicked shall be put out, a picture of eventual unhappiness and destruction.
V. 21. My son, fear thou the Lord and the king, the government established by Yahweh, 1 Pet. 2, 17; Rom. 13, 1, and meddle not with them that are given to change, those who are always dissatisfied with the government and therefore are always planning revolutions; v. 22. for their calamity, the misfortune sent upon them by God, shall rise suddenly, striking them with unexpected suddenness; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? For those who rebel against the constituted and existing government thereby rebel against the Lord.