Proverbs 24:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Job 18:5-6 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
Job 21:17 : 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?
Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Prov 23:18 : 18 For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Matt 25:8 : 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
Jude 1:13 : 13 Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 18:5-6
2 verses
84%
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
Prov 13:9
82%
9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Prov 24:18-19
2 verses
79%
18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
Job 21:16-17
2 verses
76%
16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17How 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?
Prov 20:20
75%
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Prov 12:21
74%
21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
Prov 24:15
74%
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
Prov 17:13
74%
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Job 34:22
74%
22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job 20:26-27
2 verses
73%
26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
Eccl 8:13
73%
13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Ps 37:10
73%
10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
Job 18:17-18
2 verses
73%
17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
18He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
Prov 2:22
72%
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
Job 15:30
72%
30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away.
Prov 24:1
72%
1Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Ps 112:10
72%
10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.
Prov 21:7
72%
7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Job 24:13-14
2 verses
71%
13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
Ps 34:21
71%
21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Isa 3:11
71%
11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Job 11:20
71%
20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
Job 21:30
71%
30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Ps 37:38
71%
38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Prov 10:24
71%
24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Prov 21:12
71%
12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.
Job 20:29
71%
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Prov 13:21
71%
21Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
1 Sam 24:13
70%
13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
Prov 10:30
70%
30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
Amos 5:20
70%
20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Prov 11:23
70%
23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Job 38:15
70%
15And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
Job 22:20
70%
20[ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
John 3:20
70%
20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Ps 140:11
70%
11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Prov 24:24
70%
24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him:
Prov 16:27
70%
27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Isa 9:18
70%
18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Prov 11:18
70%
18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.
Ps 34:16
70%
16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Prov 24:29
70%
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
Luke 8:16
70%
16And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.
Isa 31:2
69%
2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.