💡WEB · Proverbs 24:20
What does Proverbs 24:20 mean?
"for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out."
— Proverbs 24:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:
for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:
for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?
These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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