Verse 9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 24:20 : 20 for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
- Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
- Isa 50:10-11 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. 11 Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain.
- Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
- Matt 25:8 : 8 The foolish ones said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
- 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.
- Job 18:5-6 : 5 “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. 6 The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
- Job 21:17 : 17 How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
- Job 29:3 : 3 when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
- Ps 97:11 : 11 The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.
- Ps 112:4 : 4 In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.