Proverbs 24:20

For the wicked shall haue no posteritie, and the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out.

Bible (Bishops')

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 thy selfe because of the malitious, neither be enuious at the wicked:

21My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe [from his feare:]

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:20Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse.

Isaiah 3:11[But] wo be vnto the wicked, for it shalbe euyll with hym: for he shalbe rewarded after his owne workes.

Matthew 25:8So the foolyshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of your oyle, for our lampes 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 →

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