Proverbs 4:18
The behavior of good/righteous people is like the light that begins to shine at dawn and then continues to shine brighter until the brightest time of day.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4They are like the sun that shines at dawn and causes the grass to sprout/sparkle after the rain ends.’
Job 23:10But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, he will see that I am as pure as [SIM] gold whose impurities have all been burned out.
Psalms 97:11His light shines on righteous people; he causes those who are righteous to rejoice.
Isaiah 26:7But as for righteous people, Yahweh, you do what is right; it is as though you cause the paths where they walk to be level and smooth.
Hosea 6:3We must try to know Yahweh; if we do that, he will come and help us, as surely as the sun rises every morning, as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again ◄in the springtime/at the end of the cold season►.”
Matthew 5:14You enable evil people [MTY] to perceive God’s truth as a light enables people to perceive what is around them. Just like everyone can see [LIT] the lights of a city on a hill [MET], other people can see what you do.
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 →