Proverbs 4:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 4:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 4:18 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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 (KJV)
Proverbs 4:18 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 4:18
“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:”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:18: light, shineth, more
“But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:18: just, perfect, day
“Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:18: light, more, day
“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. hideth...: Heb. darkeneth not the darkness and...: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:18: light, shineth, day
“Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:18: light, more, day
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