Proverbs 24:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire. 6 The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind `is' the portion of their cup.
  • Prov 23:18 : 18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    84%

    5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

    6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

  • Prov 13:9
    82%

    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

    19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

  • Job 21:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

    17How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

  • Prov 20:20
    75%

    20Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

  • Prov 24:15
    74%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Prov 17:13
    74%

    13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

  • Job 34:22
    74%

    22There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

  • Job 20:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

    27Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

  • Eccl 8:13
    73%

    13And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

  • Ps 37:10
    73%

    10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

  • Job 18:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

    18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

  • Prov 2:22
    72%

    22And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

  • Job 15:30
    72%

    30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

  • Prov 24:1
    72%

    1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

  • Ps 112:10
    72%

    10The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Job 24:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

    14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

  • Ps 34:21
    71%

    21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

  • Isa 3:11
    71%

    11Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

  • Job 11:20
    71%

    20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope `is' a breathing out of soul!

  • Job 21:30
    71%

    30That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

  • Prov 21:12
    71%

    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Job 20:29
    71%

    29This `is' the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.

  • Prov 13:21
    71%

    21Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    70%

    13as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

  • Prov 10:30
    70%

    30The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.

  • Amos 5:20
    70%

    20Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

  • Prov 11:23
    70%

    23The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

  • Job 38:15
    70%

    15And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

  • Job 22:20
    70%

    20`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

  • John 3:20
    70%

    20for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

  • Ps 140:11
    70%

    11A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

  • Prov 24:24
    70%

    24Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.

  • Prov 16:27
    70%

    27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

  • Isa 9:18
    70%

    18For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

  • Ps 34:16
    70%

    16(The face of Jehovah `is' on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)

  • Prov 24:29
    70%

    29Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

  • Luke 8:16
    70%

    16`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put `it'; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put `it', that those coming in may see the light,

  • Isa 31:2
    69%

    2And He also `is' wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.