Proverbs 24:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.”
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“For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 24:20 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Psalms 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
- Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
- Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
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