Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
BSB
ASV
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
KJV
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Very beautiful in its poetry is the idea of the light “rejoicing” in its brightness (compare Psa 19:5; Job 38:7). Note also the distinction between the “light” and the “lamp.” The righteous ones have the true light in them. That which belongs to the wicked is only derived and temporary, and even that shall be extinguished before long. Compare a like distinction in Joh 1:8; Joh 5:35.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
leads to
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Through
Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
leads to
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.