Proverbs 24:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candlec of the wicked shall be put out. ”

Proverbs 24:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

No reward - literally, “no future,” no life worthy to be called life, no blessing.
Proverbs 24:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9 . though...
Proverbs 24:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

reward . posterity, or future. candle . lamp. The idiom is used for having no posterity.
Proverbs 24:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For there shall be no reward to the evil man ; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. For there shall be no reboard to the evil man - אחרית acharith. There shall not be the future state of bless...
Proverbs 24:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. For there shall be no reward to the evil (man) - contrast end of Proverbs 24:14 . The candle of th...
Proverbs 24:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
Proverbs 24:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For there shall be no reward. — Literally, future, as in Proverbs 24:15 . The candle of the wicked shall be put out· — See above on Proverbs 13:9 .
Proverbs 24:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to...
Proverbs 24:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor t...
Proverbs 24:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. My son, fear thou the LORD and th...
Proverbs 24:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For there shall be no reward to the evil [man] ,.... No reward of good things, such as is for the righteous in a way of grace; but he shall have a reward of evil things, a just recompence of reward...
Proverbs 24:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Ver. 20. For there shall be no reward. ] He shall suffer both pain of loss, and pain of sense, which whet...
Proverbs 24:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Fret not thyself because of evil men For their present impunity, or good success. For there shall be no reward to the evil man All his hopes and happiness shall quickly and eternally perish, and...
Proverbs 24:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Here...
Proverbs 24:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There shall be no reward to the evil man; all his hopes and happiness shall quickly and eternally perish, and he shall have the share in those solid felicities and blessed recompences of a better l...
Proverbs 24:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:20 . Reward . The same word used in Proverbs 24:14 , and in chap. Proverbs 23:18 . Its literal meaning is “a hereafter.” Zöckler translates it end in the first two i...
Proverbs 24:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wicked? We are all going to lie in the common dust; t...
Proverbs 24:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23:17 , where a similar warning is given, and comp...
Proverbs 24:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 20. for there shall be no reward to the evil man, he will have no lucky future or end; the candle of the wicked shall be put out, a picture of eventual unhappiness and destruction.
Proverbs 24:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 3:11 ; Job 18:5 ; Job 18:6 ; Job 21:17 ; Jude 1:13 ; Matthew 25:8 ; Matthew 8:12 ; Proverbs 13:9 ; Proverbs 20:20 ; Psalms 11:6 ; Psalms 9:17
Proverbs 24:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No reward — All his happiness shall quickly and eternally perish. The candle — All their comfort and glory shall cease.

Proverbs 24:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 24:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 24:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 24:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 24:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 24:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 24:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 24:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 24:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 24:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 24:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes