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Psalm 112:4

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

2His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.
4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.
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Light dawns where darkness is still present, so the upright person described here has room for both hardship and hope within a life marked by mercy.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?Both passages join upright conduct with mercy, describing goodness in terms that reach into how people treat others.
Job 22:28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.Eliphaz’s speech and the psalm share the image of light on a person’s way, though their settings differ.
Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and the LORD’s glory will be …Both passages use dawn to describe light coming into life and link that light with righteousness.
Micah 7:8Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.Both passages speak of light amid darkness; Micah names the LORD as the light when he sits in darkness.
Exodus 34:6The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The LORD! The LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,The words gracious and merciful describe God in Exodus and mark the upright life portrayed in the psalm.
Job 11:17Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.Zophar’s speech and the psalm both picture darkness giving way to morning light, though they speak in different settings.
Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.Both passages attach hope to the merciful: the psalm speaks of dawning light, and Jesus promises mercy.
Psalm 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Both psalms associate light with the righteous and upright, using images of dawn and sowing.
Colossians 3:12–13Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;Both passages describe a life marked by care for others, using the language of mercy, compassion, and kindness.
Psalm 18:28For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.Both psalms speak of light within darkness; Psalm 18 names the LORD as the one who lights it.
Luke 6:36“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.Mercy marks the upright in the psalm, and Jesus commands mercy in keeping with the Father’s character.
Isaiah 58:10and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;Both passages connect light rising in darkness with mercy; Isaiah describes that mercy as care for hungry and afflicted people.
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Encouragement

The psalm gives no timetable for dawn. Darkness can be part of an upright life, and its presence does not cancel the hope of light.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).