Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous burneth joyfully; but the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
In Context
8As the ransom of a man's life [hath he often to give] his riches; but the poor heareth no threat.
10Only through presumptuous conduct doth man produce contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36And unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.
Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked quenched? and how often cometh over them their calamity? and doth [God] distribute their lot in his anger?
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday.
Proverbs 24:20For there will be no [happy] future for the bad man: the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.
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 →