Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
Bible References
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Matthew 5:15
People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure; they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Luke 8:16
"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a dish or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
Luke 11:33
No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a peck measure; he puts it on its stand, so that people who come in can see the light.
1 Corinthians 12:7
Each one is given his spiritual illumination for the common good.
Ephesians 5:3
But immorality or any form of vice or greed must not be so much as mentioned among you; that would not be becoming in God's people.
Philippians 2:15
so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,