Proverbs 4:18
The way of life of the good is like the light of the sunrise, glowing brighter and brighter until the full light of day shines out.
Free Bible 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.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning sunrise on a cloudless dawn; like the shining of raindrops on the new grass growing from the earth.’
Job 23:10Yet he always knows where I'm going. When he has proved me, I will come out shining like gold.
Psalms 97:11Light shines on those who do good, giving joy to those who live right.
Isaiah 26:7You God, do what is right, and you straighten out the way for those who live right; you smooth out their path.
Hosea 6:3Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”
Matthew 5:14You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill can't 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 →