For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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Gill's Exposition
My son, fear thou the Lord, and the king,.... First the Lord, and then the king; and such as fear the Lord are generally loyal to their king; the fear of God includes love to him, reverence of him,…
Barnes' Notes
No reward - literally, “no future,” no life worthy to be called life, no blessing.
Here, 1. He repeats the caution he had before given against envying the pleasures and successes of wicked man in their wicked ways. This he quotes from his father David, Psa 37:1. We must not in any…
Cambridge Bible
reward See Pro 24:24, and Pro 23:18, note.
candle Rather, lamp, R.V. Comp. Pro 13:9; Pro 20:20. The lamp going out accords with the "noreward," or "future" of the preceding clause.
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