Proverbs 24:20
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׁחַד
shachad
a donation (venal or redemptive)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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