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
No man sets light to a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or puts it underneath a couch, but he puts it on a lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.
Matthew 5:15
Men do not light a lamp and put it under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, where it gives light to every one in the house.
Mark 4:21
And Jesus said to them: "Is a lamp brought to be put under the corn-measure or under the couch, instead of being put on the lampstand?
A bushel
Matthew 5:15
Men do not light a lamp and put it under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, where it gives light to every one in the house.
May see
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, say again in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
John 11:9
"Are not there twelve hours in the day?" answered Jesus. "If a man walks about in the day-time, he does not stumble, because he can see the light of the sun;
John 12:46
I have come as a Light into the world, that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.
Philippians 2:15
So as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent-- 'faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation,' in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,