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 18:5-6


“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.

Job 18:18


“He is driven and propelled from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.

Psalm 32:10


Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in and relies on the Lord shall be surrounded with compassion and lovingkindness.

Psalm 90:7-9


For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

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.

Matthew 25:8

But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Luke 12:46

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Romans 2:8-9

But for those who are selfishly ambitious and self-seeking and disobedient to the truth but responsive to wickedness, [there will be] wrath and indignation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

General references

Bible References

Oft

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.
Matthew 25:8
But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Distributeth

Psalm 32:10

Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in and relies on the Lord shall be surrounded with compassion and lovingkindness.
Psalm 90:7

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.
Luke 12:46
the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
Romans 2:8
But for those who are selfishly ambitious and self-seeking and disobedient to the truth but responsive to wickedness, [there will be] wrath and indignation.

General references

Job 9:29

“I am accounted wicked and held guilty;
Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?