Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
A bushel
Bible References
When
Luke 8:16
"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a pot or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
Matthew 5:15
People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.
Mark 4:21
Then He put a question to them: "A lamp is not brought to be put under a peck-measure or under a bed, is it? Is it not rather to be put on the lamp-stand?
A bushel
Matthew 5:15
People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.
May see
Matthew 5:16
Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.
Matthew 10:27
What I speak to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered in your ears, you must proclaim from housetops.
John 11:9
Jesus answered, "Does not the day have twelve hours? If a man travels in the daytime, he does not stumble, for he can see the light of this world;
John 12:46
I have come as light into the world, so that no one who continues to believe in me can remain in darkness.
Philippians 2:15
so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue