Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
World Messianic Bible
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 like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4shall 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 will come out like gold.
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
Hosea 6:3Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Matthew 5:14“You are the light of the world. A city located 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 →