Proverbs 13:9
אוֹר ־ צַדִּיקִים יִשְׂמָח וְנֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָֽךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
In Context
8כֹּפֶר נֶֽפֶשׁ ־ אִישׁ עָשְׁרוֹ וְרָשׁ לֹא ־ שָׁמַע גְּעָרָֽה ׃
10רַק ־ בְּזָדוֹן יִתֵּן מַצָּה וְאֶת ־ נוֹעָצִים חָכְמָֽה ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 11:36וְלִבְנוֹ אֶתֵּן שֵֽׁבֶט ־ אֶחָד לְמַעַן הֱיֽוֹת ־ נִיר לְדָֽוִיד ־ עַבְדִּי כָּֽל ־ הַיָּמִים ׀ לְפָנַי בִּירוּשָׁלִַם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתִּי לִי לָשׂוּם שְׁמִי שָֽׁם ׃
Job 21:17כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר ־ רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימוֹ אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפּֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 97:11אוֹר זָרֻעַ לַצַּדִּיק וּֽלְיִשְׁרֵי ־ לֵב שִׂמְחָֽה ׃
Proverbs 4:18וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נֹגַהּ הוֹלֵךְ וָאוֹר עַד ־ נְכוֹן הַיּֽוֹם ׃
Proverbs 24:20כִּי ׀ לֹֽא ־ תִהְיֶה אַחֲרִית לָרָע נֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָֽךְ ׃
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 →