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Proverbs 13:9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 13:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 13:9

Theological / Devotional

Rejoiceth. There may be an intended contrast here between the "light" and the "lamp." The good man glows with divine light from the Source of all light and life, while the bad man is forced to devise a lamp by whose glimmering and smoky light he hopes to see a way through to a good end in spite of his rejection of the true Light. The light is eternal, but the lamps will all die out (see Job 18:5; John 1:8).

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