2 Samuel 23:4

Good News Translation

is like the sun shining on a cloudless dawn, the sun that makes the grass sparkle after rain.”

Cross References

Psalm 110:3

On the day you fight your enemies, your people will volunteer. Like the dew of early morning your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.

Psalm 72:6

May the king be like rain on the fields, like showers falling on the land.

Psalm 89:36

He will always have descendants, and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.

Proverbs 4:18

The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.

Isaiah 18:4

The Lord said to me, “I will look down from heaven as quietly as the dew forms in the warm nights of harvest time, as serenely as the sun shines in the heat of the day.

Isaiah 4:2

The time is coming when the Lord will make every plant and tree in the land grow large and beautiful. All the people of Israel who survive will take delight and pride in the crops that the land produces.

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, Jerusalem, and shine like the sun; The glory of the Lord is shining on you!

Isaiah 60:3

Nations will be drawn to your light, And kings to the dawning of your new day.

Hosea 6:3

Let us try to know the Lord. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth.”

Hosea 6:5

That is why I have sent my prophets to you with my message of judgment and destruction. What I want from you is plain and clear:

Micah 5:7

The people of Israel who survive will be like refreshing dew sent by the Lord for many nations, like showers on growing plants. They will depend on God, not people.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.

John 1:7

who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching will fall like drops of rain and form on the earth like dew. My words will fall like showers on young plants, like gentle rain on tender grass.

Judges 5:31

So may all your enemies die like that, O Lord, but may your friends shine like the rising sun! And there was peace in the land for forty years.