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Psalms 112:4
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Psalms 112:4
4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
4Unto the vpright there ariseth light in the darknesse: hee is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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Psalms 112:4
Straight or erect; also honest, just, and faithful to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Merciful, kind, and disposed to show favor.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
compassion
Pity, fellow-feeling.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
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Open the full verse study12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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Open the full verse study11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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Open the full verse study10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
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Open the full verse study7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
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Open the full verse study36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
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Open the full verse study29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
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Open the full verse study46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
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Open the full verse study6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
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Open the full verse study11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
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Open the full verse study8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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Open the full verse study2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
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Open the full verse study15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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Open the full verse study10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
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Open the full verse study8¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
9I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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Open the full verse study10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
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