Cross references

Proverbs 24:20

For the evil man has no future;

the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Proverbs 24:20 BSB

Proverbs 24:20 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 13:9 (5 votes) and Job 18:5–6 (4 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Job 18 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Proverbs 24:20 point to?

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  1. The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

  2. Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

  3. Job 21:173 votes

    How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

  4. Psalm 11:63 votes

    On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

  5. Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

  6. Psalm 9:172 votes

    The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

  7. For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  8. Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

  9. But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

  10. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

  11. Jude 1:132 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 24:20?

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