Proverbs 13:9
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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