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Psalms 112:4

112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

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

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

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

112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. discretion: Heb. judgment

What does Psalms 112:4 mean?

Psalms 112:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָשָׁר (yâshâr), זָרַח (zârach), אוֹר (ʼôwr).

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Unto
the
uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr/yaw-shawr'/H3477straight (literally or figuratively)
there
arisethזָרַחzârach/zaw-rakh'/H2224properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)
lightאוֹרʼôwr/ore/H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
in
the
darkness:חֹשֶׁךְchôshek/kho-shek'/H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
he
is
gracious,חַנּוּןchannûwn/khan-noon'/H2587gracious
and
full
of
compassion,רַחוּםrachûwm/rakh-oom'/H7349compassionate
and
righteous.צַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 112:4.

2 Chronicles 30:9

For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

2 Samuel 23:4

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.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Exodus 34:6

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:4

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. the light from: Heb. between the light and between the darkness

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was

Job 12:22

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

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What does Psalms 112:4 say?

Psalms 112:4 (King James Version) reads: "Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous."

Is Psalms 112:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 112:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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