Proverbs 13:9 (WEB)
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
Fathers and councils · 3
Basil the Great
“…least of all he who looks for celestial light as one of the rewards promised to virtue, the light which, as Solomon says, is always a light to the righteous, the light which made the Apostle say “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.”” — editor's note: Prov. xiii. 9, lxx.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And, The light of the righteous is everlasting; and Thou art shining wondrously from the everlasting mountains, is said to God, I think of the Angelic powers which aid our efforts after good.” — editor's note: Prov. xiii. 9.
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Clement of Alexandria
““But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”” — editor's note: Job [xviii. 5.; Prov. xiii. 9.]
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