Verse 4

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • Job 11:17 : 17 Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
  • 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
  • Eph 4:32-5:2 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. 1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
  • Ps 106:1 : 1 Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
  • Isa 58:10 : 10 and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
  • Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
  • 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 6:36 : 36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.