But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
⛓ Read Proverbs 4 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →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.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
The contrast of 'the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn' with 'the way of the wicked is like deep darkness' frames walking in light versus darkness as the two ways. This is the closest sapiential parallel to 1 John's antithesis.
High confidence"The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn" while "the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble" closely parallels John's contrast of the one in light versus the one in darkness who does not know where he goes. The blinding darkness and lack of knowing the way are shared.
High confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The path of the righteous vs. the way of the wicked who stumble in darkness — wisdom's contrasted ways.
Medium confidence