Proverbs 4:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:17 : 17 And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • Zech 14:6-7 : 6 On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal. 7 It will happen in one day(a day known to the LORD); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

  • Ps 112:4
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    4In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

  • Ps 37:6
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    6He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    74%

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

    21For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

  • Prov 11:5
    73%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

  • Prov 2:8-9
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    8to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.

    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

  • Job 17:9
    72%

    9But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

  • Ps 85:13
    72%

    13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

  • 2 Sam 23:4
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    4is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

  • Prov 4:26
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    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

  • Prov 8:20
    71%

    20I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

  • 2 Pet 1:19
    71%

    19Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

  • Ps 1:6
    71%

    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Prov 4:17
    71%

    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Ps 119:105
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    105נ(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

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

  • Prov 10:9
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    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

  • Luke 11:36
    70%

    36If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

  • Job 18:5
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    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

  • Job 11:17
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    17And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

  • Isa 58:8
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    8Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard.

  • Job 5:14
    70%

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • Job 24:13
    70%

    13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

  • Prov 11:3
    70%

    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 4:11-12
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    11I hereby guide you in the way of wisdom and I lead you in upright paths.

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

  • Job 17:12
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    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • Prov 13:6
    69%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 139:12
    69%

    12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Dan 12:3
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    3But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.

  • Isa 9:2
    69%

    2(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

  • Prov 16:8
    69%

    8Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

  • John 3:21
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    21But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

  • Prov 28:6
    69%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,