BIBLE COMMENTARY/Proverbs 29: 13

PROVERBS 29: 13 – The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

– The light means the knowledge of life and death. God is Just, so He blesses everyone with that knowledge in the Bible. What matters is how they understand it and act on it. Human life is limited (Psalm 90: 10) and no one can bring anything from this life to the next one (1Timothy 6: 7). Wise people prepare themselves for life after death (Hebrews 9: 27) while others focus only on this life and does not care what will happen to them after passing away (Psalm 10: 4, Proverbs 5: 6).
– Poor or rich, everyone will come before God on Judgment day and answer for what we did in this life (2Corinthians 5: 10). We must prepare ourselves for that day so that we can be allowed to enter the kingdom of God and live happily with Him forever.

QUOTED VERSES:

PSALM 10: 4 – The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

PSALM 90: 10 – The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

PROVERBS 5: 6 – Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

2CORINTHIANS 5: 10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

1TIMOTHY 6: 7 – For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

HEBREWS 9: 27 – And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.