Proverbs 24:20
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Berean Standard Bible
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
19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Cross References
Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Psalms 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; 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 →