Proverbs 13:9
9 The lives of good people are brightly lit streets; the lives of the wicked are dark alleys.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 13:9
Commentary on Proverbs 13:9
(Read Proverbs 13:9)
The light of the righteous is as that of the sun, which may be eclipsed and clouded, but will continue: the Spirit is their Light, he gives a fulness of joy: that of the wicked is as a lamp of their own kindling, easily put out.