'Light' in the Bible

And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.

And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.

And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with a lower, second, and third story shalt thou make it.

In the morning, when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And Jehovah went before their face by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; so that they could go day and night.

oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.

and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

and the lamp-stand for the light, and its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

and the spice, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs.

the pure candlestick, its lamps, the lamps set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it. And thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light its lamps.

Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually.

And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service;

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense, and the continual oblation, and the anointing oil, the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its furniture.

Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.

The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here," and they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, "Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him."

And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, till it was light.

And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever is good in thy sight. Then said the priest, Let us come near hither to God.

And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that is his by the morning light any male.

But indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, who has restrained me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male.

And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there was not one of them missing that had not gone over the Jordan.

And he shall be as the light or the morning, like the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; When from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.

And it came to pass, as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshipped him.

And this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will give the Moabites also into your hand.

And they said one to another, We are not doing right; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, the iniquity will find us out; and now come, let us go and tell the king's household.

And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them on the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour.

That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,

A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.

They change the night into day; the light they imagine near in presence of the darkness.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.

When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;

And now men see not the light as it gleameth, it is hidden in the skies. But the wind passeth by and cleareth them.

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth?

His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

and he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

Send out thy light and thy truth: they shall lead me, they shall bring me to thy holy mount, and unto thy habitations.

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

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

Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; --

He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar.

NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.

And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;

before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;