Pro 13:9 | KingComments | STEP | The life of “righteous” radiate “light”. This “rejoices” them and also those around them. The good things in their life benefit others and give joy. What benefits the wicked have do not result in lasting joy, for in those benefits there is nothing of God, Who is light (cf. ). They have no light from God, the only Source of light. Therefore, their lamp, a symbol of the light of life, is extinguished ( ). Light and joy belong together ( ). The light of the righteous is the Word of God ( ), which is a source of joy ( ). Light is an independent source of light, whereas a lamp derives light from something. The lamp can also be a picture of the Word of God ( ), but here it is not. The lamp is artificial light, like the light of a candlestick in the past, or in our time also electric light. It represents the artificial light of man’s darkened mind without God. He who walks in that light, and the wicked do, ends up in complete darkness (cf. ).

‏ Proverbs 13:9

A Rejoicing Light or a Lamp That Goes Out

The life of “righteous” radiate “light”. This “rejoices” them and also those around them. The good things in their life benefit others and give joy. What benefits the wicked have do not result in lasting joy, for in those benefits there is nothing of God, Who is light (cf. Job 18:5-6 ; Job 21:17). They have no light from God, the only Source of light. Therefore, their lamp, a symbol of the light of life, is extinguished (Pro 20:20 ; 27 ; Pro 24:20).

Light and joy belong together (Est 8:16). The light of the righteous is the Word of God (Psa 119:105), which is a source of joy (Psa 119:24 ; 77 ; 92 ; 143 ; 174).

Light is an independent source of light, whereas a lamp derives light from something. The lamp can also be a picture of the Word of God (Psa 119:105), but here it is not. The lamp is artificial light, like the light of a candlestick in the past, or in our time also electric light. It represents the artificial light of man’s darkened mind without God. He who walks in that light, and the wicked do, ends up in complete darkness (cf. Mt 6:22-23).