Proverbs 24:20
because nothing good will happen to wicked people; they are like a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
Translation for Translators
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 become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
Cross References
Job 18:5“What will happen is that the lives of wicked people like you end as quickly as we can put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire.
Psalms 9:17Wicked people will all die and be buried in their graves, and their spirits will go to be with all those who have ◄forgotten about/rejected► you.
Psalms 37:2because they will soon disappear, like grass withers in the hot sun and dries up. Just like some green plants come up but die during the hot summer, evil people will soon die also.
Proverbs 20:20If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, just like a lamp is extinguished.
Isaiah 3:11But terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be ◄paid back/punished► for the evil things that [MTY] they have done.
Matthew 25:8The foolish virgins said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your olive oil, because our lanterns are about to go 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 →