5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-10)The rest of Bildad’s discourse is entirely taken up in an elegant description of the miserable condition of a wicked man, in which there is a great deal of certain truth, and which will be of excellent use if duly considered—that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that iniquity will be men’s ruin if they do not repent of it. But it is not true that all wicked people are visibly and openly…
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