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The light of the righteous rejoices,[a]
    but the lamp of the wicked goes out.(A)

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  1. 13.9 Or shines

18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
    which shines brighter and brighter until full day.(A)

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20 for the evil have no future;
    the lamp of the wicked will go out.(A)

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20 If you curse father or mother,
    your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)

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They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;
    they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.(A)

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The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

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11 Light dawns[a] for the righteous
    and joy for the upright in heart.(A)

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  1. 97.11 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb is sown

“Surely the light of the wicked is put out,
    and the flame of their fire does not shine.(A)
The light is dark in their tent,
    and the lamp above them is put out.

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10 Who among you fears the Lord
    and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
    and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord
    and relies upon his God?(A)
11 But all of you are kindlers of fire,
    lighters of firebrands.[a]
Walk in the flame of your fire
    and among the brands that you have kindled!
This is what you shall have from my hand:
    you shall lie down in torment.(B)

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  1. 50.11 Syr: Heb you gird yourselves with firebrands

when his lamp shone over my head,
    and by his light I walked through darkness,(A)

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17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
    How often does calamity come upon them?
    How often does God[a] distribute pains in his anger?(A)

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  1. 21.17 Heb he

36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.(A)

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13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)

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