Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
In other versions
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
ASV
For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
BBE
for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
DBY
For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
WEB
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
YLT
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
ENG
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.
WBT
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
BSB
In context
18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
