Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoices, || And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Literal Standard 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 [are] his riches, || And the poor has not heard rebuke.
10A vain man causes debate through pride, || And wisdom [is] with the counseled.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp before Me for My servant David in Jerusalem [for] all the days, the city that I have chosen for Myself to put My Name there.
Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, || And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.
Psalms 97:11Light [is] sown for the righteous, || And joy for the upright of heart.
Proverbs 4:18And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, || Going and brightening until the day is established,
Proverbs 24:20For there is not a posterity to the evil, || The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the servants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth into the outer darkness, there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the 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 →