Proverbs 4:18

New English Translation

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

Job 11:17

And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

Job 17:9

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Job 23:10

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

Psalm 84:7

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 97:11

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Proverbs 2:20

So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:9

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity – every good way.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

Daniel 12:3

But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.

Hosea 6:3

So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”

Matthew 5:14

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

2 Peter 1:19

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

Revelation 21:23

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Judges 5:31

May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!” And the land had rest for forty years.