Proverbs 24:20

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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 the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For there shall be no reward^H319 to the evil^H7451 man; the candle^H5216 of the wicked^H7563 shall be put out^H1846.

Original Hebrew

כִּי ׀ לֹא־תִהְיֶה אַחֲרִית לָרָע נֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
תִהְיֶ֣ה	tih.Yeh	H1961	HVqi3fs	it will belong
אַחֲרִ֣ית	'a.cha.Rit	H319	HNcfsa	a future
לָ/רָ֑ע	la./Ra'	H7451	HRd/Aamsa	to the/ evil (person)
נֵ֖ר	ner	H5216	HNcmsc	(the) lamp of
רְשָׁעִ֣ים	re.sha.'Im	H7563	HAampa	wicked (people)
יִדְעָֽךְ	yid.'Akh	H1846	HVqi3ms	it will be extinguished

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H319 — אַחֲרִית (ʼachărîyth, akh-ar-eeth'): from אַחַר; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity; (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
H1846 — דָּעַךְ (dâʻak, daw-ak'): a primitive root; to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up; be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.
H5216 — נִיר (nîyr, neer): or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see נִיר; נוּר) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively); candle, lamp, light.
H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

candle — Job 18:5-6, Job 21:17, Proverbs 13:9, Proverbs 20:20, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 25:8, Jude 1:13
there — Psalms 9:17, Psalms 11:6, Isaiah 3:11

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