Proverbs 4:18

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:17 : 17 Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 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.'
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. 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 glory both now and forever. Amen.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so, let your light 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 who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
  • 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."
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • Zech 14:6-7 : 6 It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost. 7 It 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.

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    19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

  • Ps 112:4
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    4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

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

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

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

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

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    8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

    9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

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

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

  • Job 17:9
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    9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

  • Ps 85:13
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    13 Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David.

  • 2 Sam 23:4
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    4 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.'

  • Prov 4:26
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    26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

  • Prov 8:20
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    20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;

  • 2 Pet 1:19
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    19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

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    6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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

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    105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

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    79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

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    36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone 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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    16 Even so, let your light 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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    5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

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

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    14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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    13 "These are of those who rebel against the light. They don't know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

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    11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

    12 When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

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    17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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    2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

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    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

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    21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

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    13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;