Proverbs 24:20
for evil people have no future—the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Free Bible 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
19Don't get all upset over the wicked, or be jealous of those who do wrong,
21My son, honor the Lord and the king, and don't join those who are rebellious,
Cross References
Job 18:5It's certain that the life of the wicked will end like a lamp that is snuffed out—their flame will shine no more.
Psalms 9:17The wicked depart, going to the grave—all nations who turn their backs on God.
Psalms 37:2For like grass, they will quickly dry up; like plants, they will soon wither away.
Proverbs 20:20Anyone who curses their father or mother will have their light put out and end in utter darkness.
Isaiah 3:11But tragedy comes to the wicked, for what they did will be done to them.
Matthew 25:8‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ But the wise girls replied,
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 →