Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
In Context
8Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and 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 →