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
Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel, but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house.
Luke 8:16
"When any one lights a lamp, he does not cover it with a vessel or hide it under a couch; he puts it on a lampstand, that people who enter the room may see the light.
Luke 11:33
"When any one lights a lamp, he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.
1 Corinthians 12:7
But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.
Ephesians 5:3
But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.
Philippians 2:15
so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,