Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
In Context
8The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening.
10Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36And I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me to put my name there.
Job 21:17How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that [God] distributes sorrows in his anger,
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous man, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:9
8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. We are apt to judge of men's blessedness, at least in this world, by their wealth, and that they are more or less happy accordingly as they have more or less of this world's goods; but Solomon here shows what a gross mistake it is, that we may be reconciled to a poor condition, and may neither covet riches ourselves nor envy those that have abundance. 1. Those that are rich, if by some they are respected for their riches, yet, to balance… Read the whole commentary →