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Being A Light

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Matthew 5:14–16

`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid; — read the full passage →

John 8:12

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

Matthew 5:16

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

Acts 13:47

for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations--for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

Ephesians 5:8

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

1 Peter 2:9

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

Luke 8:16

`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put <FI>it<Fi> ; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put <FI>it<Fi> , that those coming in may see the light,

Matthew 5:14

`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

1 John 1:5

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

Psalms 119:105

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

Proverbs 6:23

For a lamp <FI>is<Fi> the command, And the law a light, And a way of life <FI>are<Fi> reproofs of instruction,

John 1:5

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

Philippians 2:15–16

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world, — read the full passage →

Isaiah 42:6

I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.

John 9:5

when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'

Colossians 3:17

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Genesis 1:4

And God seeth the light that <FI>it is<Fi> good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

Psalms 27:1

By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

2 Corinthians 4:6

because <FI>it is<Fi> God who said, Out of darkness light <FI>is<Fi> to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:7

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

James 1:17

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

1 John 1:5–7

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all; — read the full passage →

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.

Galatians 5:22–23

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Romans 13:11–14

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:13

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

Matthew 5:15

nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

John 12:35

Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

Proverbs 4:18

And the path of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

Psalms 119:130

The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

John 1:9

He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

Matthew 4:16

the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death--light arose to them.'

Genesis 1:3

and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

Philippians 2:14–16

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:14

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

2 Corinthians 6:14

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

Psalms 18:28

For Thou--Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

John 13:35

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

Daniel 12:3

And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

John 12:35–36

Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth; — read the full passage →

Isaiah 49:6

And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'

Revelation 21:23

and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it <FI>is<Fi> the Lamb;

2 Timothy 3:16–17

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

John 12:36

while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

John 3:19–21

`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; — read the full passage →

Luke 11:34

`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

Ephesians 5:8–9

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye, — read the full passage →

Mark 4:22

for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

Daniel 2:22

He is revealing deep and hidden things; He hath known what <FI>is<Fi> in darkness, and light with Him hath dwelt.

Psalms 36:9

For with Thee <FI>is<Fi> a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.

Revelation 1:1

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

Psalms 119:1–176

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

Romans 13:12

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

Genesis 1:1–5

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, to turn <FI>them<Fi> from darkness to light, and <FI>from<Fi> the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that <FI>is<Fi> toward me.

John 12:46

I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me--in the darkness may not remain;

John 1:4

In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

Genesis 1:1–31

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:15

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

John 3:16–18

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:2

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Matthew 25:1–13

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:17

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

John 1:1–51

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

Luke 12:3

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

Matthew 6:22–23

`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:13–16

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men. — read the full passage →

Revelation 3:16

So--because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;

Jeremiah 13:16

Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed <FI>it<Fi> for thick darkness.

Isaiah 42:16

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These <FI>are<Fi> the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

Philippians 1:11

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that <FI>is<Fi> through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

1 Timothy 6:16

who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom <FI>is<Fi> honour and might age-during! Amen.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

1 John 2:9

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the Spirit <FI>is<Fi> in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

Matthew 5:1–48

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:7–14

become not, then, partakers with them, — read the full passage →

John 14:6

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

John 7:38

he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'

John 5:35

he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.

John 3:20

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

John 3:19

`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

John 1:8

that one was not the Light, but--that he might testify about the Light.

Matthew 6:24

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Ephesians 5:8–14

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye, — read the full passage →

Romans 11:1–36

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

Micah 7:8

Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

Proverbs 4:18–19

And the path of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:11–12

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 4:3–6

and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 5:9–11

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers-- — read the full passage →

John 1:7

this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

Colossians 1:9–14

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:22

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

2 Corinthians 6:14–18

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

Ephesians 1:18

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

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