Proverbs 24:20
For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.
Brenton Septuagint
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
19Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners.
21My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.
Cross References
Job 18:5But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.
Psalms 9:17The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.
Psalms 37:2O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.
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 →