Proverbs 13:9

Easy To Read Version

A good person is like a light that shines brightly. But an evil person is like a light that becomes dark.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

Good people are like the early morning light. The sun rises and the day becomes brighter and happier.

Proverbs 24:20

Those evil people have no hope. Their light will become dark.

Proverbs 20:20

If a person curses {\cf2\super [28]} his father or mother, then he is like a person whose light stops shinning in the darkest darkness.

Psalm 112:4

To good people, God is like a light\par shining in the dark.\par God is good and kind and merciful.\par

Psalm 97:11

Light and happiness shine on good people.\par

Matthew 25:8

But the foolish girls said to the wise girls, ‘Give us some of your oil. The oil in our lamps is all gone.’

1 Kings 11:36

I will allow Solomon’s son to continue to rule over one family group. I will do this so that my servant David will always have a descendant to rule before me in Jerusalem, the city that I chose to be my own.

Job 29:3

At that time, God’s light shined above me\par so I could walk through the darkness—\par \{God showed me the right way to live\}.\par

Job 21:17

But, how often does God blow out\par the light of evil people?\par How often does trouble come\par to the evil people?\par When does God become angry at them\par and punish them?\par

Matthew 22:13

So the king told some servants, ‘Tie this man’s hands and feet. Throw the man out into the darkness. In that place, people will cry and grind their teeth \{with pain\}.’

Proverbs 13:8

A rich person might have to pay a ransom to save his life. But poor people never receive threats like that.

Proverbs 13:10

People who think they are better than other people only cause trouble. But people who listen to the things other people tell them are wise.

Ezekiel 32:7

I will make you disappear.\par I will cover the sky\par and make the stars dark.\par I will cover the sun with a cloud,\par and the moon will not shine.\par

Numbers 27:4

This means that our father’s name will not continue. It is not fair that our father’s name will not continue. His name will end because he had no sons. So we ask you to give us some of the land that our father’s brothers will get.”