Proverbs 24:20
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Young's Literal Translation
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 at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
21Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
Cross References
Job 18:5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
Psalms 9:17The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
Psalms 37:2For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
Proverbs 20:20Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
Matthew 25:8and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us 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 →