In context
20for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out. 21Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; do not mix with those who defy them, 22for their disaster will rise up suddenly—and the ruin those two can bring, who knows? 23These also come from the wise: to show partiality in judgment is not good. 24Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” peoples will curse him and nations denounce him.
