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Proverbs 24:20

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 24:20 in other translations

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

Proverbs 24:20 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 24:20 in context

  1. 18lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,
    and he turn away his wrath from him.
  2. 19Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers,
    neither be envious of the wicked;
  3. 20for there will be no reward to the evil man.
    The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
  4. 21My son, fear Yahweh and the king.
    Don’t join those who are rebellious;
  5. 22for their calamity will rise suddenly.
    Who knows what destruction may come from them both?