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Proverbs 13:9
9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
Proverbs 13:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The life of the godly is full of light and joy, but the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Context of Proverbs 13:9
7One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. 8A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. 10Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. 11Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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אוֹר־צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְנֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 13:9
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
- 1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.
- Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
- Psalms 112:4Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.
- Proverbs 20:20If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
- Proverbs 24:20for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
- Job 18:5“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
- Job 21:17“Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God.
- Matthew 22:13“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The light of the righteous rejoiceth - They shall have that measure of prosperity which shall be best for them; but the wicked, howsoever prosperous for a time, shall be brought into desolation. Light and lamp in both cases may signify posterity. The righteous shall have a joyous posterity; but that of the wicked shall be cut off. So 1 Kings 11:36; : "And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light (נר ner, a lamp) always…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Very beautiful in its poetry is the idea of the light “rejoicing” in its brightness (compare Psalm 19:5; Job 38:7). Note also the distinction between the “light” and the “lamp.” The righteous ones have the true light in them. That which belongs to the wicked is only derived and temporary, and even that shall be extinguished before long. Compare a like distinction in John 1:8; John 5:35.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9Verse 9 The light of the righteous is as that of the sun, which may be eclipsed and clouded, but will continue: the Spirit is their Light, he gives a fulness of joy: that of the wicked is as a lamp of their own kindling, easily put out.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9extinguished: Compare Proverbs 20:20; 24:20.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. light ... lamp--prosperity; the first, the greater, and it rejoiceth--burns brightly, or continues, while the other, at best small, soon fails.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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