Proverbs 4:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.”
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“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the path of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 4:18 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- 2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
- Job 11:17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
- Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
- Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
- Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Daniel 12:3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Zechariah 14:6On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
- Matthew 5:14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
- Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 2 Peter 1:19We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
- 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
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