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Proverbs 4:18

The New Testament’s use of Proverbs

2 places · 1 kind of echo

The source

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Echo2

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Eph 5:8-14 ?

'The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter' supports the 'walk as children of light' / 'fruit of light in goodness and righteousness' wisdom imagery. Low confidence; thematic coherence with the righteous-walk-in-light topos.

Low confidence
Matt 5:13-16 ?

The path of the righteous is like the dawning light that grows brighter; wisdom image of righteous luminance.

Low confidence
Elsewhere in Proverbs 4
Proverbs 4:18-19 3Proverbs 4:23 3