Proverbs 24:20
For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
19Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly:
21My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.
Cross References
Job 18:5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
Psalms 9:17The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
Psalms 37:2For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
Proverbs 20:20He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Matthew 25:8And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone 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 →