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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For there shall be no reward
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
to the evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
man; the κcandle
niyr (Hebrew #5216)
also neyr {nare}; or ner {nare}; or (feminine) nerah {nay-raw'}; from a primitive root (see 5214; 5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: candle, lamp, light.
Pronounce: neer
Origin: or nir {neer}
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
shall be put out
da`ak (Hebrew #1846)
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
KJV usage: be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.
Pronounce: daw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, lamp.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 9:17• 17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. (Psa. 9:17)
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Psa. 11:6• 6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)
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Isa. 3:11• 11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. (Isa. 3:11)
candle.
or, lamp.
Prov. 13:9• 9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. (Prov. 13:9)
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Prov. 20:20• 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. (Prov. 20:20)
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Job 18:5‑6• 5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
 6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. (Job 18:5‑6)
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Job 21:17• 17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. (Job 21:17)
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Matt. 8:12• 12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 8:12)
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Matt. 25:8• 8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. (Matt. 25:8)
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Jude 13• 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. (Jude 13)
• Their lamp shall go out in darkness as they go down beneath the awful judgment of the God whose holiness they have despised, and whose grace they have refused. See Herod (Acts 12:20-23). (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for there shall be no futurei to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "reward."