Proverbs 24:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They will soon be gone like the flame of a lamp that burns out.

Cross References

Job 15:31

They have put their trust in something worthless; now they will become worthless like a date palm tree without a leaf.

Job 21:17

How often does God become angry and send disaster and darkness to punish sinners?

Psalm 11:6

He will send fiery coals and flaming sulphur down on the wicked, and they will drink nothing but a scorching wind.

Psalm 37:2

They will soon disappear like grass without rain.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will go down to the world of the dead to be with those nations that forgot about you.

Proverbs 13:9

The lamp of a good person keeps on shining; the lamp of an evil person soon goes out.

Proverbs 17:20

Dishonesty does you no good, and telling lies will get you in trouble.

Proverbs 20:20

Children who curse their parents will go to the land of darkness long before their time.

Proverbs 21:4

Evil people are proud and arrogant, but sin is the only crop they produce.

Proverbs 23:18

Then you will truly have hope for the future.

Isaiah 3:11

Tell those who disobey, “You're in big trouble— what you did to others will come back to you.”

Matthew 25:8

the foolish ones said to the others, “Let us have some of your oil! Our lamps are going out.”

Matthew 8:12

But the ones who should have been in the kingdom will be thrown out into the dark. They will cry and grit their teeth in pain.”

Jude 1:13

Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars for ever doomed to the darkest pits of hell.