Light

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Bible verses about “Light”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
• Genesis 1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
• Acts 9:3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
• 1 Kings 11:36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
• Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Psalms 119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
• Psalms 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
• Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Isaiah 49:6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• Isaiah 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
• Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
• Isaiah 60:20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
• Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
• Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
• Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• Luke 11:34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
• Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
• John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• John 1:5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
• John 1:7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
• John 1:8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
• John 1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
• John 3:21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
• John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
• John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 9:5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
• John 12:36While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
• Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.