Proverbs 13:9
The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched. Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
In Context
10A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36But to his son I will give the two remaining tribes, that my servant David may have an establishment continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
Job 21:17Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
Proverbs 4:18But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day + 4:18 Gr. order itself aright. be fully come.
Proverbs 24:20For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.
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 →