Proverbs 24:20

World English Bible (2000)

for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
  • Prov 23:18 : 18 Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some 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 has been reserved forever.

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    5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    79%

    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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  • Job 21:16-17
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    76%

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

    17 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

  • Prov 20:20
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    20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Job 34:22
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    22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    73%

    26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

  • Job 18:17-18
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    73%

    17 His memory shall perish from the earth. 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 will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will 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. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

  • Prov 24:1
    72%

    1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

  • Ps 112:10
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    10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13 "These are of those who rebel against the light. They don't know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

    14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

  • Ps 34:21
    71%

    21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Isa 3:11
    71%

    11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

  • Job 11:20
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    20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

  • Job 21:30
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    30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Ps 37:38
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    38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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    24 What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

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

  • Prov 13:21
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    21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Amos 5:20
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    20 Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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    23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

  • Job 22:20
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    20 saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'

  • John 3:20
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    20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 24:24
    70%

    24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--

  • Prov 16:27
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    27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18 For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

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    16 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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    29 Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

  • Luke 8:16
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    16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

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    2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.