Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
The light
A city
General references
Bible References
The light
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
John 12:36
While 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.
Romans 2:19
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Revelation 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
A city
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
General references
Numbers 8:2
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.