2 Samuel 23:4

World English Bible (2000)

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'

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  • Judg 5:31 : 31 "So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises forth in its strength." Then the land had rest forty years.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
  • Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
  • Hos 6:5 : 5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don't wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us, 79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."
  • John 1:7 : 7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
  • Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day, Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.
  • Isa 60:1 : 1 "Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you.
  • Isa 60:3 : 3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • Isa 60:18-20 : 18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land, desolation nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. 19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. 20 Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 72:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

    7In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

  • 6he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

  • Hos 14:5-6
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    75%

    5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

    6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

  • 17Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • 3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

  • 4For Yahweh said to me, "I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

  • 4He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.

  • Hos 6:3-4
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    3Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."

    4"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

  • Ps 89:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

    37It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah.

  • 4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

  • 5Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

  • 8Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.

  • 18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

  • 23He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.

  • 71%

    3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

  • 2My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.

  • 4and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

  • 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • 5Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he doesn't make it grow.

  • 1Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

  • 16He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.

  • 2For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

  • 2Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

  • 4He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law."

  • 15In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

  • 2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

  • 21Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

  • 11Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.

  • 16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

  • 5which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

  • Isa 32:1-2
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    1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

    2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

  • 7It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.

  • 3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

  • 3Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

  • 23I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father's house.

  • 26Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.

  • 4His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

  • 11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

  • 27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

  • 7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.

  • 3like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forevermore. A Song of Ascents.

  • 13Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David.

  • 23"Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.

  • 15In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

  • 6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.