Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
Catholic Public Domain 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
17They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.
19The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4like the first light of the morning as the sun is rising, when a morning without clouds glows red, and like plants springing forth from the earth after a rainfall.
Job 23:10Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.
Isaiah 26:7The path of the just is upright; the difficult path of the just is right to walk in.
Hosea 6:3He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.
Matthew 5:14You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
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 →