KJV King James Version
For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
WEB World English Bible
for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
ASV American Standard Version
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 24
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
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.
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.Job 18:5-6Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.Job 21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.Psalm 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Proverbs 23:18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.Matthew 25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.Psalm 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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