THEOSISProverbs 13:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
אוֹר־צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְנֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 4:18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.
- Prov 24:20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Prov 20:20He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
- Ps 112 (111):4
- Ps 97 (96):11
- Job 18:5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
- Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
- Matt 25:8And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.