Proverbs 24:20

New Century Version

An evil person has nothing to hope for; the wicked will die like a flame that is put out.

Cross References

Job 15:31

The wicked should not fool themselves by trusting what is useless. If they do, they will get nothing in return.

Job 21:17

Yet how often are the lamps of evil people turned off? How often does trouble come to them? How often do they suffer God’s angry punishment?

Psalm 11:6

He will send hot coals and burning sulfur on the wicked. A whirlwind is what they will get.

Psalm 37:2

because like the grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die away.

Psalm 9:17

Wicked people will go to the grave, and so will all those who forget God.

Proverbs 13:9

Good people can look forward to a bright future, but the future of the wicked is like a flame going out.

Proverbs 17:20

A person with an evil heart will find no success, and the person whose words are evil will get into trouble.

Proverbs 20:20

Those who curse their father or mother will be like a light going out in darkness.

Proverbs 21:4

Proud looks, proud thoughts, and evil actions are sin.

Proverbs 23:18

Then you will have hope for the future, and your wishes will come true.

Isaiah 3:11

But how terrible it will be for the wicked! They will be punished for all the wrong they have done.

Matthew 25:8

But the foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Matthew 8:12

But those people who should be in the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, tossing up their own shameful actions like foam. They are like stars that wander in the sky. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them forever.