And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,Proverbs 4:18 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleBut the path of the just - The path of the wicked is gloomy, dark, and dangerous; that of the righteous is open, luminous, and instructive. This verse contains a fine metaphor; it refers to the sun rising above the horizon, and the increasing twilight, till his beams shine full upon the earth. The original, הולך ואור עד נכון היום holech vaor ad nechon haiyom, may be translated, "going and illuminating unto the prepared day." This seems plainly to refer to the progress of the rising sun while below the horizon; and the gradual increase of the light occasioned by the reflection of his rays by means of the atmosphere, till at last he is completely elevated above the horizon, and then the prepared day has fully taken place, the sun having risen at the determined time. So, the truly wise man is but in his twilight here below; but he is in a state of glorious preparation for the realms of everlasting light; till at last, emerging from darkness and the shadows of death, he is ushered into the full blaze of endless felicity. Yet previously to his enjoyment of this glory, which is prepared for him, he is going - walking in the commandments of his God blameless; and illuminating - reflecting the light of the salvation which he has received on all those who form the circle of his acquaintance.
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2 Samuel 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, even a morning without clouds...
Job 11:17 And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.
Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain...
Zechariah 14:6,7 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark...
Matthew 5:14,16,45 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid...
John 8:12 Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness...
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...
Philippians 2:15 That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the middle of a crooked and perverse nation...
2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place...
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it...
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light...
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