Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no posterity to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Noyes 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
19Fret not thyself on account of evil men, Neither be thou envious of the wicked;
21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king; And mingle not with them that are given to change!
Cross References
Job 18:5Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God.
Psalms 37:2For soon shall they be cut down like grass, And wither like the green herb.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in midnight darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!
Matthew 25:8And the foolish said to 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 →