Psalm 112:4 “Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compass…”

Psalm 112:4

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

World English Bible

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

American Standard Version

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Geneva Bible 1599

Vnto the righteous ariseth light in darkenes: he is merciful and full of copassion and righteous.

Darby Translation

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Young's Literal Translation

Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Bible in Basic English

For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

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Cross references

“there ariseth”

Job 11:17 Psalm 97:11 Isaiah 58:10 Psalm 37:6 John 12:46 Malachi 4:2

Job 11:17 · BSB

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

Psalm 97:11 · BSB

Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

Isaiah 58:10 · BSB

and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

Psalm 37:6 · BSB

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

John 12:46 · BSB

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

Malachi 4:2 · BSB

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

“he is gracious”

Luke 6:36 Psalm 106:1 Ephesians 5:9 Ephesians 5:15 2 Corinthians 8:8 2 Corinthians 8:9

Luke 6:36 · BSB

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Psalm 106:1 · BSB

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Ephesians 5:9 · BSB

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Ephesians 5:15 · BSB

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

2 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB

I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.

2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

“righteous”

1 John 3:7 1 John 2:29 1 John 3:10 Titus 2:11 Titus 2:12

1 John 3:7 · BSB

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

1 John 2:29 · BSB

If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

1 John 3:10 · BSB

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

Titus 2:11 · BSB

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Titus 2:12 · BSB

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

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