Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
In Context
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4[he shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, [when] the tender grass [springs] out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous man, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness. Thou who are upright directs the path of the just.
Hosea 6:3And let us know, let us follow on to know LORD. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.
Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city setting on a hill cannot be hid,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:15-20
Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at… Read the whole commentary →