Proverbs 24:20
For there will be no [happy] future for the bad man: the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.
Leeser Tanakh
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 of the wicked;
21My son, fear the Lord and the king: with those that are desirous to change do not mingle thyself;
Cross References
Job 18:5Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.
Psalms 9:17(9:18) The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God.
Psalms 37:2For like the grass they shall soon be mowed down, and like the green herb shall they wither.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.
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 →