THEOSISProverbs 24:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
כִּ֤י ׀ לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֣ה אַחֲרִ֣ית לָרָ֑ע נֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 13:9The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Job 18:5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
- Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
- Job 21:17How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
- Ps 11 (10):6
- Prov 20:20He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion: wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever.
- Prov 23:18Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.