2 Samuel 23:4

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, a morning without clouds; when the tender grass springeth out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.

Cross References

Psalm 110:3

Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power: In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

Psalm 72:6

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: As showers that water the earth.

Psalm 89:36

His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling place; like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

Isaiah 60:3

And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

Hosea 6:5

Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgements are as the light that goeth forth.

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass; that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

Malachi 4:2

But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.

John 1:7

The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew; As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb:

Judges 5:31

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.