Topic
Candle
9 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 18:6Easton
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
- Job 21:17Easton
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
- Job 29:3Easton
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- Psalms 18:28Easton
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- Proverbs 13:9Easton
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Proverbs 20:27Easton
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
- Proverbs 24:20Easton
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
- Matthew 5:14Easton
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- Matthew 5:15Easton
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 9 references
Heb. ner, Job 18:6; 29:3; Ps. 18:28; Prov. 24:20, in all which places the Revised Version and margin of Authorized Version have “lamp,” by which the word is elsewhere frequently rendered. The Hebrew word denotes properly any kind of candle or lamp or torch. It is used as a figure of conscience (Prov. 20:27), of a Christian example (Matt. 5:14, 15), and of prosperity (Job 21:17; Prov. 13:9).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Revised version and most commentators substitute “lamp” for “candle” throughout the Scriptures)
- → See LAMP
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.