Psalm 112:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Light arises in the darkness for the upright, gracious, compassionate, and just [who are in right standing with God].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Common English Bible

⁴ They shine in the dark for others who do right. They are merciful, compassionate, and righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory is high above the heavens.

Psalm 112:4 Cross References

Job 11:17

And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

Isaiah 58:10

if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.

Psalm 97:11

Light dawns for the righteous and joy for the upright in heart.

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

1 John 2:29

If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Psalm 106:1

Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.

Psalm 37:6

He will make your vindication shine like the light and the justice of your cause like the noonday.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

1 John 3:10

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.

Ephesians 5:15

Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise,

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?

Job 22:28

You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

Job 29:3

when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

Psalm 116:5

Gracious is the Lord and righteous; our God is merciful.

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is just in all his ways and kind in all his doings.

Proverbs 21:21

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.