Proverbs 24:20

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

No reward - literally, “no future,” no life worthy to be called life, no blessing.
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 ob...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

reward . posterity, or future. candle . lamp. The idiom is used for having no posterity.
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 acha...
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) - con...
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.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Candle] RV 'lamp' ( Proverbs 31:18 ). 21, 22. Take no part in conspiracies and revolutions. 23-34. is a short collection of sayings, with the...
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...
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...
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 perpe...
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 s...
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 r...
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 suffe...
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...
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 ca...
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 soli...
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 hereaf...
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 wic...
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...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

²⁰ For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candlec of the wicked shall be put out.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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