Proverbs 4:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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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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    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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