Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
Darby Translation
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 23:4And [he shall be] as the light or the morning, [like] the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; [When] from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.
Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.
Hosea 6:3and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
Matthew 5:14*Ye* are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain 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 →