Proverbs 4:18

American Standard Version (1901)

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:17 : 17 And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
  • Zech 14:6-7 : 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves: 7 but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

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  • Prov 4:19
    81%

    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • Isa 26:7
    75%

    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.

  • Ps 112:4
    75%

    4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

  • Ps 37:6
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    6And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    74%

    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

    21For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

  • Prov 11:5
    73%

    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 13:9
    73%

    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 2:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

    9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

  • Ps 97:11
    72%

    11Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Prov 12:28
    72%

    28In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

  • Job 17:9
    72%

    9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

  • Ps 85:13
    72%

    13Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in] .

  • 2 Sam 23:4
    71%

    4[ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

  • Prov 4:26
    71%

    26Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

  • Prov 8:20
    71%

    20I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;

  • 2 Pet 1:19
    71%

    19And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

  • Ps 1:6
    71%

    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 4:17
    71%

    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Ps 119:105
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    105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

  • Luke 1:79
    71%

    79To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • Prov 10:9
    71%

    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Hos 14:9
    70%

    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Luke 11:36
    70%

    36If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    70%

    6Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Matt 5:16
    70%

    16Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Job 18:5
    70%

    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Job 11:17
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    17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • Prov 21:8
    70%

    8The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • John 12:35
    70%

    35Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • Isa 58:8
    70%

    8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.

  • Job 5:14
    70%

    14They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

  • Job 24:13
    70%

    13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

  • Prov 11:3
    70%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 4:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

    12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.

  • Prov 13:6
    69%

    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Eph 5:13
    69%

    13But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

  • Prov 12:26
    69%

    26The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Ps 139:12
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    12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

  • Prov 16:17
    69%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Dan 12:3
    69%

    3And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

  • Prov 16:8
    69%

    8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

  • John 3:21
    69%

    21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

  • Prov 28:6
    69%

    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 2:13
    69%

    13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;