Proverbs 4:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 11:17 : 17 And your age shall be brighter than the noonday; you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, each one appears before God in Zion.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no lamp, nor light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror 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 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so 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; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we pursue to know the LORD: his coming is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises 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 illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light.
  • 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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  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they do not know at what they stumble.

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

  • Ps 112:4
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    4Unto the upright, there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, full of compassion, and righteous.

  • Ps 37:6
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    6And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    20That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

    21For the upright will dwell in the land, and the perfect will remain in it.

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 2:8-9
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    8He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints.

    9Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

  • Job 17:9
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    9The righteous also shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

  • Ps 85:13
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    13Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall set us in the way of His steps.

  • 2 Sam 23:4
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    4And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  • Prov 4:26
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    26Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.

  • Prov 8:20
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    20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

  • 2 Pet 1:19
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    19We have also a more sure word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts:

  • Ps 1:6
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    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Ps 119:105
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    105NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

  • Luke 1:79
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    79To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts 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.

  • Luke 11:36
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    36If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

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

  • Matt 5:16
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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Job 18:5
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    5Indeed, 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 your age shall be brighter than the noonday; you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

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    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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    35Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

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    8Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

  • Job 5:14
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    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were night.

  • Job 24:13
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    13They are among those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Prov 4:11-12
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    11I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.

    12When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; and when you run, you will not stumble.

  • Job 17:12
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    12They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 139:12
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    12Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Dan 12:3
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    3And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

  • Isa 9:2
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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 has the light shined.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • John 3:21
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    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness;