Proverbs 24:20

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 . THE CANDLE OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT - (.)...

Verse Proverbs 24:20. _FOR THERE SHALL BE NO REWARD TO THE EVIL MAN_] אחרית _acharith_. There shall not be the _future state_ of _blessedness_ to the wicked. Proverbs 24:14. _His candle shall be put out_; his _prosperity_ shall finally cease, or he shall have no _posterity_. Some have thought that this text intimates the _annihilation_ of sinners; but it refers not to _being_, but to the _state_ or _condition_ of that being. The wicked shall _be_; but they shall not _be_ HAPPY....

NO REWARD - literally, “no future,” no life worthy to be called life, no blessing....

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 23:19 below). "Men of wickedness," wholly given over to evil. NEITHER DESIRE TO BE WITH THEM. Their company is pollution, and association with them makes you a partner in their sinful doings. The Septuagint prefaces the paragraph with the personal address, υἱέ_ _"son." PROVERBS 24:2 For their heart studie

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 for his sins: of "no end" r; there will be an end of his life in this world, and there will be an end of his prosperity; but, as the Targum is, there will be no "good end" to him; his end will not be like that of the perfect and upright man, for it will be cut off, Psalms 37:37; or, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "the wicked have no hope of future things"; no good hope of everlasting happiness; they have their good things now, and their evil things hereafter; and therefore are not to be fretted at and envied. Aben Ezra interprets it, they shall have no offspring or issue, son or nephew; the word is sometimes used for posterity; THE CANDLE OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT

CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk mischief. This theme is repeatedly referred to in this chapter. In Proverbs 24:15 the evil man is addressed not to lay wait for the righteous and not to spoil his resting place. The Lord takes care of the righteous; he may be overcome by misfortunes seven times, yet will he rise again. Different it is with the wicked when he falls into mischief. Yet there must be no rejoicing over the fall of the enemy, nor gladness when he stumbled. This displeaseth the Lord. Still higher is the command of the New Testament, “Love your enemies; ... recompense no man evil for evil; ... overcome evil with good.” There is to be no fretting because of evil men nor envy ...

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. thought: the word means plan or device, and is used in both a good and a bad sense in Pr. Here the meaning is that sin is the kind of plan which folly engages in, sin is folly's plan. Proverbs 24:10. An incomplete aphorism. As it stands its probable meaning is, If thou art slack, thy strength will be narrow (_i.e._ restricted) in the day of trouble. Proverbs 24:11 f. The Heb. is not unambiguous and shows

REWARD. posterity, or future. CANDLE. lamp. The idiom is used for having no posterity....

_reward_ See Proverbs 24:14, and Proverbs 23:18, note. _candle_ Rather, LAMP, R.V. Comp. Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20. The lamp going out accords with the "_no_reward," or "_future_" of the preceding clause....

TEXT Proverbs 24:13-22 13. My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: 14. So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off. 15. Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place. 16. For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. 17. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18. Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him. 19. Fret not thyself because of evildoers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: 20....