Proverbs 24:20

Modern English Version

for there will be no future for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Cross References

Job 15:31

Let him who is deceived not trust in futility, for futility will be his reward.

Job 21:17

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, the sorrows God distributes in His anger?

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked He will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a burning wind will be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 37:2

For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked heart does not prosper; and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into calamity.

Proverbs 20:20

He who vilifies his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 21:4

A haughty eye and a proud heart, and the lamp of the wicked are sin.

Proverbs 23:18

Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Matthew 25:8

But the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.’

Matthew 8:12

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Jude 1:13

raging waves of the sea, which are foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been kept forever.