Proverbs 13:9

Modern English Version

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

To his son will I give one tribe, so that My servant David will always have a light before Me in Jerusalem, the city in which I have chosen to put My name.

Job 21:17

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, the sorrows God distributes in His anger?

Job 29:3

when His lamp shone upon my head, and when by His light I walked through darkness;

Psalm 112:4

Unto the upright arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Proverbs 13:10

By pride comes only contention, but with the teachable is wisdom.

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat.

Proverbs 20:20

He who vilifies his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

for there will be no future for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 4:18

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

Ezekiel 32:7

When I put 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 diminish from among his family, because he has no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.”

Matthew 22:13

“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Matthew 25:8

But the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.’