Proverbs 24:20
for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
In Context
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:
21My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
Cross References
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 37:2for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
Matthew 25:8And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:20-21
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Here, 1. He repeats the caution he had before given against envying the pleasures and successes of wicked man in their wicked ways. This he quotes from his father David, Ps. xxxvii. 1 . We must not in any case fret ourselves, or make ourselves uneasy, whatever God does in his providence how disagreeable soever it is to our sentiments, interests,… Read the whole commentary →