Proverbs 13:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoiceth: But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Common English Bible

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ The light of the just enriches. But the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 13:9 Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

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.

Job 21:17

“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?

Job 29:3

when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

Psalm 112:4

They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Psalm 97:11

Light dawns for the righteous and joy for the upright in heart.

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.

Proverbs 13:8

Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Ezekiel 32:7

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.

Numbers 27:4

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.”

Matthew 22:13

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.’

Matthew 25:8

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’