Proverbs 24:20
For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
21My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.
Cross References
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.
Psalms 37:2For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.
Proverbs 20:20He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.
Isaiah 3:11Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
Matthew 25:8And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are 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 →