Job 18:5
“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous [within him—grows brighter and] rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked [is a temporary light and] goes out.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.
Proverbs 24:20
For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Job 21:17
“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
And that their disaster falls on them?
Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.
Isaiah 50:11
Listen carefully, all you who kindle your own fire [devising your own man-made plan of salvation],
Who surround yourselves with torches,
Walk by the light of your [self-made] fire
And among the torches that you have set ablaze.
But this you will have from My hand:
You will lie down in [a place of] torment.
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The light
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.
The light of the righteous [within him—grows brighter and] rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked [is a temporary light and] goes out.
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.
For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Spark
Listen carefully, all you who kindle your own fire [devising your own man-made plan of salvation],
Who surround yourselves with torches,
Walk by the light of your [self-made] fire
And among the torches that you have set ablaze.
But this you will have from My hand:
You will lie down in [a place of] torment.
General references
The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.