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Light

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John 8:12

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 1:5

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

Psalms 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Matthew 5:16

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

1 John 1:5

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Psalms 27:1

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Matthew 5:14

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

Psalms 119:130

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

2 Corinthians 4:6

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Genesis 1:3

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

John 9:5

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

John 12:35

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

Acts 13:47

For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”

Isaiah 60:1

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you.

Luke 11:34

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

Isaiah 42:16

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

Psalms 18:28

For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light shall break out as the morning, and your healing shall spring out speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; Yahweh’s glory shall be your rear guard.

Matthew 5:14–16

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 6:14

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Daniel 2:22

he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

Luke 8:16

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Revelation 21:23

The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Numbers 6:24–26

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. — read the full passage →

Acts 26:22–23

Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 1:18

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Psalms 37:5–6

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: — read the full passage →

Psalms 36:9

For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.

Psalms 31:16

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

Luke 12:3

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

John 3:19–21

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. — read the full passage →

Psalms 80:19

Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

Micah 7:8

Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

John 1:4

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

Psalms 44:3

For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

Matthew 5:15–16

Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. — read the full passage →

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

1 John 1:5–7

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:14–16

Do all things without murmurings and disputes, — read the full passage →

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Romans 13:12

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

Isaiah 49:6

yes, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

1 John 1:5–9

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:3–5

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. — read the full passage →

John 5:35

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

Genesis 1:4

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

John 1:1–7:53

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

John 12:35–36

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going. — read the full passage →

Luke 8:1–16:31

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:13–16

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. — read the full passage →

Psalms 19:8

Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Genesis 1:1–3:24

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:8–9

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, — read the full passage →

John 1:1–5:47

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

Luke 12:1–13:35

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:1–14:40

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:15

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

Daniel 12:3

Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

Proverbs 4:18

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

John 1:9

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

Matthew 6:22–23

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.

John 1:2

The same was in the beginning with God.

Psalms 119:2

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

Matthew 5:2

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Isaiah 60:20

Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

Psalms 44:2

You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

John 1:7

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

Isaiah 60:1–2

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you. — read the full passage →

John 8:2

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

Psalms 119:1–176

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:7–12

Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? — read the full passage →

2 Peter 1:19

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

Isaiah 42:6

“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;

Hebrews 12:14

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Psalms 119:130–132

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. — read the full passage →

Luke 11:34–35

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. — read the full passage →

Psalms 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Matthew 17:2

He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

Daniel 2:2

Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

John 12:35–37

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going. — read the full passage →

Psalms 27:1–4

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →

Proverbs 20:27

The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

John 12:36–37

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them. — read the full passage →

Exodus 13:21

Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:

John 1:7–9

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

John 3:19–28

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. — read the full passage →

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