King James Version
Proverbs 4:18 in the King James Version says “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
Proverbs 4:18 · KJV
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall .
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.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“and more unto the perfect”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“day”
H3117a 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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