But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. "As the shining light" - literally, as the light of splendour - i:e., as the light of the (morning) sun. This is another dissuasive against consorting with the wicked (Proverbs 4:14), the blessed contrast which the path of the just forms to that of the wicked. Instead of darkness (Proverbs 4:19) and deeds of darkness, which the wicked love, the just both have light themselves and shed light on all around, because they have within them the light of God's Word and God's Spirit (Philippians 2:15; Matthew 5:14; Matthew 5:16; Ephesians 5:8). "That shineth more and more unto the perfect day" (2 Samuel 23:4) - literally, going on and shining - i:e., shining more and more. "Unto the perfect day," or the established day - i:e., until the sun is at the meridian height, and seems to stand still there. The just shine with the light of heavenly knowledge, joy, felicity, and purity (Proverbs 13:9; Job 22:28; Isaiah 58:10). Their light of purity and blessedness is not a fitful gleam (Ecclesiastes 7:6), but a steadily increasing light. They go on from strength to strength and glory to glory (Psalms 84:7; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 58:8), until in absolute perfection they shall "shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father" (Matthew 13:43).