Proverbs 24:20
for the evil person has no future 1 and the lamp of wicked people will go out. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 worry because of evildoers, 1 and do not envy wicked people, 1
21Fear Yahweh, and fear the king, my son; 1 do not associate with those who rebel against them, 1
Cross References
Job 18:5Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; 1 the spark of his fire will not shine. 1
Psalms 9:17The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, 1 all the nations that forget God. 1
Psalms 37:2For they will soon dry up as the grass 1 and wither as the green plants. 1
Proverbs 20:20If a person curses his father or his mother, 1 his lamp will be snuffed out in the middle of darkness. 1
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, for the recompense of his hands will be done to him. 1
Matthew 25:8The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil because 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 →