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Proverbs 24:20

Proverbs 24:20 is verse 20 of Proverbs chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

Proverbs 24:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

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

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

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

22 For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

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Psalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

Psalms 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Job 18:5
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 18:6
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

Job 21:17
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
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
The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

Jude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.