Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
19Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men;
21Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;
Cross References
Job 18:5Even the light of the lawless, shall go out,—Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;
Psalms 9:17The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God.
Psalms 37:2For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.
Matthew 25:8And, the foolish, unto the prudent, said—Give us of your oil, because, our torches, 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 →