Psalm 97:11 {96:11}
Good News Translation
Light shines on the righteous, and gladness on the good.

New Revised Standard Version
Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Contemporary English Version
If you obey and do right, a light will show you the way and fill you with happiness.

New American Bible
Light dawns for the just, and gladness for the honest of heart.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

light

Psalm 18:28 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.

Psalm 112:4 To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

Esther 8:16 But to the Jews, a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.

Job 22:28 Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

Proverbs 4:18 The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

Isaiah 60:1,2 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. . . .

Isaiah 62:1 For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest till her just one come forth as brightness, and her saviour be lighted as a lamp.

Micah 7:9 I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him: until he judge my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice.

John 12:46 I am come, a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in me may not remain in darkness.

Revelation 21:23 And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

Revelation 22:5 And night shall be no more. And they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten then. And they shall reign for ever and ever.

sown

Psalm 126:5,6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. . . .

Galatians 6:8 For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.

James 5:7-11 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain. . . .

Context
Let the Earth Rejoice
10You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner. 11Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.12Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.…
Cross References
Esther 8:16
But to the Jews, a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.

Job 22:28
Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

Psalm 4:7
By the fruit of their corn, their wine, and oil, they are multiplied:

Psalm 7:10
Is my help from the Lord; who saveth the upright of heart.

Psalm 37:6
And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Psalm 64:10
The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

Psalm 112:4
To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

Proverbs 4:18
The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

Psalm 97:10
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