Proverbs 13:9
The light of righteous people rejoices, 1 but the lamp of wicked people will be put out. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 rich man's life is his wealth, 1 but a poor person does not hear a threat. 1
10Pride only breeds conflict, 1 but for those who listen to good advice there is wisdom. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to Solomon's son, so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city in which I have chosen to put my name.
Job 21:17How often is it that the lamp of wicked people is put out, 1 or that their calamity comes upon them? 1 How often does it happen that God distributes sorrows to them in his anger? 1
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous 1 and gladness for those with honest hearts. 1
Proverbs 4:18But the path of righteous people is like the first light that grows brighter; 1 it shines more and more until the fullness of the day comes. 1
Proverbs 24:20for the evil person has no future 1 and the lamp of wicked people will go out. 1
Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind this man hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and the grinding 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 →