Proverbs 4:18

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But the

אֹרַח

ʼôrach

H734

a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan

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of the just is as the

נֹגַהּ

nôgahh

H5051

brilliancy (literally or figuratively)

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אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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that

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H215

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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more and more unto the

תָּמִים

tâmîym

H8549

entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth

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יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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Key Terms in This Verse

shineth H215

אוֹר ʼôwr

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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shining H5051

נֹגַהּ nôgahh

brilliancy (literally or figuratively)

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path H734

אֹרַח ʼôrach

a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan

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perfect H8549

תָּמִים tâmîym

entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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Cross References

John 8:12 cross-reference

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 cross-reference

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

Daniel 12:3 cross-reference

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.

2 Corinthians 3:18 cross-reference

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.

Philippians 2:15 cross-reference

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;

2 Peter 1:19 cross-reference

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:

Matthew 5:14 cross-reference

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

Matthew 5:16 cross-reference

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Psalm 84:7 cross-reference

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

Isaiah 26:7 cross-reference

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

2 Samuel 23:4 cross-reference

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

Revelation 22:5 cross-reference

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

2 Peter 3:18 cross-reference

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

Revelation 21:23 cross-reference

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, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Job 23:10 cross-reference

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Hosea 6:3 cross-reference

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Matthew 5:45 cross-reference

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

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