19 Bible Verses about Light In The World

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

God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth,

to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

God called the light “day,” and He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.

They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.

Can His troops be numbered?
Does His light not shine on everyone?

The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

One person could not see another, and for three days they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived.

The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night.

It came between the Egyptian and Israelite forces. The cloud was there in the darkness, yet it lit up the night. So neither group came near the other all night long.

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,
and with a pillar of fire by night,
to illuminate the way they should go.

You did not abandon them in the wilderness
because of Your great compassion.
During the day the pillar of cloud
never turned away from them,
guiding them on their journey.
And during the night the pillar of fire
illuminated the way they should go.

As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.

“As I was traveling and near Damascus, about noon an intense light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him up and said, “Quick, get up!” Then the chains fell off his wrists.

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.
The earth shook and quaked.

His lightning lights up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.

It will be a day known only to Yahweh, without day or night, but there will be light at evening.