Proverbs 24:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 Indeed, 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 dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! And how often does their destruction come upon them! God distributes 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 a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.
  • Prov 23:18 : 18 For surely there is an end, and your 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 to him.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 But the children of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    84%

    5Indeed, 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 dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

  • Prov 13:9
    82%

    9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Job 21:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! And how often does their destruction come upon them! God distributes sorrows in His anger.

  • Prov 20:20
    75%

    20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

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

  • Prov 24:15
    74%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 17:13
    74%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Job 34:22
    74%

    22There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    73%

    26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent.

    27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

  • Eccl 8:13
    73%

    13But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

  • Ps 37:10
    73%

    10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

  • Job 18:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17His memory 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 will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will 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 his mouth he shall go away.

  • Prov 24:1
    72%

    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Ps 112:10
    72%

    10The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Job 24:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13They are among those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

    14The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

  • Ps 34:21
    71%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Isa 3:11
    71%

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Job 11:20
    71%

    20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

  • Job 21:30
    71%

    30That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:24
    71%

    24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • Prov 21:12
    71%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Job 20:29
    71%

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage assigned to him by God.

  • Prov 13:21
    71%

    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    70%

    13As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness comes from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.

  • Prov 10:30
    70%

    30The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Amos 5:20
    70%

    20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, with 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 withheld, and the upraised arm is broken.

  • Job 22:20
    70%

    20Our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

  • John 3:20
    70%

    20Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

  • Ps 140:11
    70%

    11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 24:24
    70%

    24He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • Prov 16:27
    70%

    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Isa 9:18
    70%

    18For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

  • Ps 34:16
    70%

    16The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Prov 24:29
    70%

    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Luke 8:16
    70%

    16No man, when he has lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that those who enter in may see the light.

  • Isa 31:2
    69%

    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.