Proverbs 24:20 meaning and explanation

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Proverbs 24:20, Berean Standard Bible

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These are the words of a wisdom teacher instructing a student, continuing the warning begun in verse 19 against fretting over or envying the wicked. The point is not that every evildoer meets ruin in this life, but that evil has no lasting future.

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