Proverbs 24:20

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for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. 6 The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
  • Job 21:17 : 17 How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 May he rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
  • 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 sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where 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 wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

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  • Job 18:5-6
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    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

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

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

  • Job 21:16-17
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    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

    17How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

  • Prov 20:20
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    20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Job 34:22
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    22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

    27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Job 18:17-18
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    17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

    18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Job 15:30
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    30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

  • Ps 112:10
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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

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  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Job 11:20
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    20But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

  • Job 21:30
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    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

  • Ps 37:38
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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

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    29Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”

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

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    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

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    20Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

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

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    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

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

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    11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

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    24The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Ps 34:16
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    16But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

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  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.