Proverbs 4:18

King James Version 1611 (Original)

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:17 : 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be 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 no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh 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 the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
  • Zech 14:6-7 : 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

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

  • Isa 26:7
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    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

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    4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

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    6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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

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

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    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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    8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

    9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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

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

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    9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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    13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

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    4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

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    26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

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    20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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    19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

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    6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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

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    105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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    79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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    36If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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

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    17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

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

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    13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;