Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous reioyceth: but the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
In Context
8A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.
10Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a light alway before me in Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen me, to put my Name there.
Job 21:17How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.
Psalms 97:11Light is sowen for the righteous, and ioy for the vpright in heart.
Proverbs 4:18But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
Proverbs 24:20For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.
Matthew 22:13Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe 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 →