Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
American Standard Version
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; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change:
Cross References
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 37:2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Matthew 25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps 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 →