Proverbs 24:20 “For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extingu…”

Proverbs 24:20

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

World English Bible

for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

American Standard Version

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Geneva Bible 1599

For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.

Darby Translation

for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Young's Literal Translation

For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Bible in Basic English

For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

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Cross references

“there”

Psalm 11:6 Psalm 9:17 Isaiah 3:11

Psalm 11:6 · BSB

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Psalm 9:17 · BSB

The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

Isaiah 3:11 · BSB

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

“candle”

Proverbs 13:9 Proverbs 20:20 Job 21:17 Matthew 8:12 Matthew 25:8 Jude 1:13

Proverbs 13:9 · BSB

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Proverbs 20:20 · BSB

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Job 21:17 · BSB

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Matthew 8:12 · BSB

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 25:8 · BSB

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

Jude 1:13 · BSB

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Also

Proverbs 23:18

Proverbs 23:18 · BSB

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.

21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

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