Psalms 97:11
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
BSB
ASV
Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
KJV
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Light is sown for the righteous. All along their pathway it is strewn. Their night is almost over, their day is coming, the morning already advancing with rosy steps is sowing the earth with orient pearls. The full harvest of delight is not yet ours, but it is sown for us; it is springing, it will yet appear in fulness. This is only for those who are light before the Lord in his own righteousness, for all others the blackness of darkness is reserved. And gladness for the upright in heart.
Let gratitude for the blessings of providence and grace incite saints (Ps 4:3) to holy living. Spiritual blessings are in store, represented by light (Ps 27:1) and gladness.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
leads to
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Through
Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
leads to
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Through
John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
leads to
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.