Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
Proverbs 13:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The light of the [uncompromisingly] righteous [is within him–it grows brighter and] rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked [furnishes only a derived, temporary light and] shall be put out shortly. American Standard Version (1901) The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Common English Bible The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out. Catholic Public Domain Version The light of the just enriches. But the lamp of the impious will be extinguished. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. |
Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does calamity come upon them? How often does God distribute pains in his anger?
when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.
By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father’s brothers.”
Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’