Proverbs 4:18 (WEB)
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Fathers and councils · 5
Gregory the Great
“For this reason, addressing you with the greeting that is due to you, I hope that you are being exercised in these things which you have begun, so that that true sentence of Solomon may be fulfilled in you—The path of the just is as a shining light, and groweth unto the perfect day (Prov. iv. 18).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““The ungodly walk in a circle round about” (ver. 8): that is, in the desire of things temporal, which revolves as a wheel in a repeated circle of seven days; and therefore they do not arrive at the eighth, that is, at eternity, for which this Psalm is entitled.” — editor's note: [So the Septuagint and Vulgate, “in a cycle.” Contrasted by the Fathers with the straightforward march of the (Prov. iv. 18) just. This Psalm was used by the…
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John Chrysostom
“As one of the wise men has said, “The paths of the just shine like the light” ( Prov. iv. 18 , LXX.); and they shine not for them alone who kindle the flame by their works, and are guides in the way of righteousness, but also for those who are their neighbors.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…of this discourse, we may apply that place in Proverbs, which says, “The light of the just is unquenchable, but the light of the wicked shall be quenched.” [Prov 4:18] Then the brightness of God shall appear in every one who has borne the image of the heavenly; and they of heaven shall rejoice, but they of earth…” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“Not only did He enumerate several ways of salvation for any one righteous man, but He added many other ways of many righteous, speaking thus: “The paths of the righteous shine like the light.”” — editor's note: Prov. iv. 18.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:29–30 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:29–30 (3) (Catena Aurea).