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Proverbs 4:18

Guidance and decisionsHopeWisdom

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.

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 what they stumble.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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BSB
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
KJV
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
WEB
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
ASV
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
DARBY
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
BLB
But the path of the righteous is like the light of brightness, and shining and going forth, until the day is established.
ÅB
Men de rettferdiges sti er lik et strålende lys, som blir klarere og klarere til det er høylys dag.
OTB
Men de rettferdiges sti er som morgenlyset, som blir lysere til det er full dag.
B1930
Men de rettferdiges sti er lik et strålende lys, som blir klarere og klarere til det er høilys dag.

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  • 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.

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  • Job 11:17

    And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

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  • 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.

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  • 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;

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  • 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.

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  • 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:

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  • Psalms 84:7

    They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

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  • Matthew 5:14

    Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

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