Proverbs 24:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ For there will be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Indeed, there is no future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ For the evil hold no hope in the future, and the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.

Proverbs 24:20 Cross References

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Job 21:17

How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?

Jude 1:13

Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

Matthew 25:8

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

Matthew 8:12

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Proverbs 23:18

For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked shall return to Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

Job 15:31

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself: For vanity shall be his recompence.

Proverbs 17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Proverbs 21:4

An high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Psalm 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.