Proverbs 4:18 · KJV
“But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
— Proverbs 4:18
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 4 — Context
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Cross References
John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Job 11:17
And {thine} age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. {be clearer...: Heb. arise above}
Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. {wise: or, teachers}
Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; {harmless: or, sincere} {ye shine: or, shine ye}
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, {even} as by the Spirit of the Lord. {by the...: or, of the Lord the Spirit}
2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. {strength to...: or, company to company}
Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.