Psalms 97:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
  • Job 22:28 : 28 Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy. 6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
  • Ps 18:28 : 28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
  • Isa 60:1-2 : 1 Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you. 2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.
  • Gal 6:8 : 8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
  • Esth 8:16 : 16 And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
  • Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come. 8 Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors. 10 Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord. 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
  • Mic 7:9 : 9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 32:11
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    11 Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

  • Ps 112:4
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    4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9 There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

  • Ps 64:10
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    10 The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

  • Ps 97:12
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    12 Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name.

  • Ps 33:1
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    1 Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

  • Ps 125:4
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    4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • Ps 97:10
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    10 You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.

  • Ps 94:15
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    15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

  • Prov 11:10
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    10 When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

  • Eccl 11:7
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    7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

  • Prov 15:30
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    30 The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6 In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Job 22:19
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    19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Ps 89:15
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    15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • Ps 68:3
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    3 But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 11:30-31
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    30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Prov 4:18
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    18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

  • Ps 37:28-29
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    28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

    29 The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

  • Prov 10:28-30
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    28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Ps 58:11
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    11 So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Ps 37:6
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    6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

  • Ps 140:13
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    13 Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the holy will have a place in your house.

  • Ps 36:10
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    10 O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

  • Ps 85:11-12
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    11 Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven.

    12 The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Ps 4:7
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    7 Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

  • Ps 126:5
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    5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.

  • Ps 19:8
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    8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

  • Prov 11:6
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    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Ps 84:11
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    11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Ps 69:32
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    32 The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25 Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Ps 118:15
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    15 The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.