Psalm 97:11 - The Scriptures 1998

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹¹ Light is planted like seed for the righteous person; joy too for those whose heart is right.

Psalm 97:11 Cross References

Esther 8:16

For the Yehuḏ

Job 11:17

and your life would be brighter than noon. You would soar upward, you would be like the morning.

Job 22:28

And whatever you decide on shall be established for you, and light shine on your ways.

Psalm 112:4

Light has risen in the darkness to the straight ones, Those showing favour, The compassionate, And the righteous.

Psalm 18:28

For You Yourself light my lamp; יהוה  my Elohim makes my darkness light.

Psalm 68:4

Sing to Elohim, sing praises to His Name. Raise up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts, By His Name Yah, And exult before Him.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.

Isaiah 58:8

“Then your light would break forth like the morning, your healing spring forth speedily. And your righteousness shall go before you, the esteem of יהוה  would be your rear guard.

Isaiah 62:1

For Tsiyon’s sake I am not silent, and for Yerushalayim’s sake I do not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her deliverance as a lamp that burns.

Micah 7:9

I bear the displeasure of יהוה, for I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my case, and shall execute right-ruling for me, until He brings me out into the light and I look on His righteousness.

John 12:46

“I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness.

Galatians 6:8

Because he who sows to his own flesh shall reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Spirit shall reap everlasting life from the Spirit.

Revelation 21:23

And the city had no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it, for the esteem of Elohim lightened it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Revelation 22:5

And night shall be no more, and they shall have no need of a lamp or the light of the sun, because יהוה  Elohim shall give them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.