Proverbs 24:20

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For the wicked have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

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  • Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine. 6 The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? Disaster comes upon them as calamities God apportions in his anger.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are trapped by the work of their hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
  • Prov 23:18 : 18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 18:5-6
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    5 Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine.

    6 The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.

  • 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

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    18 Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.

    19 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked.

  • Job 21:16-17
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    16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    17 How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? Disaster comes upon them as calamities God apportions in his anger.

  • 20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.

  • 21 No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • 15 Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • 13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

  • 22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26 Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

    27 The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

  • 13 But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.

  • 10 In a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

  • Job 18:17-18
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    73%

    17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.

    18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

  • 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

  • 30 He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

  • 1 Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.

  • 10 The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

  • 7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13 They are among those who rebel against the light; they do not recognize its ways nor stay on its paths.

    14 At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief.

  • 21 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.

  • 20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will vanish from them; their only hope is the exhalation of life.

  • 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

  • 38 But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

  • 24 What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

  • 12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.

  • 21 Trouble pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

  • 13 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • 30 The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • 20 Won’t the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, gloom with no brightness in it?

  • 23 The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • 15 The light is withheld from the wicked, and the uplifted arm is broken.

  • 20 Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire has consumed their wealth.

  • 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

  • 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

  • 24 Whoever says to the wicked, 'You are righteous,' the peoples will curse him, and the nations will denounce him.

  • 27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

  • 18 By the wrath of the LORD Almighty, the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

  • 18 The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

  • 16 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

  • 29 Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • 16 No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they set it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see the light.

  • 2 Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.