Proverbs 24:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

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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 obscure 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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 ¶ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.
  • Prov 23:18 : 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 ‹But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 ‹And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.›
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

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    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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9 ¶ The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19 ¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

  • Job 21:16-17
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    76%

    16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    17 ¶ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.

  • Prov 20:20
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    20 ¶ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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    21 ¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 ¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Job 34:22
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    22 [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26 All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

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    13 But 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.

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    10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

  • Job 18:17-18
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    17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

    18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

  • Job 15:30
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    30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

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    10 The 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
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    7 ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13 ¶ They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

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  • Ps 34:21
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  • Isa 3:11
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    11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Job 11:20
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  • Prov 13:21
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    70%

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  • Prov 11:23
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    23 ¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

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