Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of [Christ to] the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

John 8:12

Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

While you have the Light, believe and trust in the Light [have faith in it, hold on to it, rely on it], so that you may become sons of Light [being filled with Light as followers of God].”

Jesus said these things, and then He left and hid Himself from them.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness],

Genesis 11:4-8

They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].”

John 5:35

John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.

Romans 2:19-20

and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

Ephesians 5:8-14

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

1 Thessalonians 5:5

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.

Revelation 1:20-1

As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels (divine messengers) of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 21:14-27

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Christ).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 5:14

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

The light

A city

Genesis 11:4

Revelation 21:14

General references

Numbers 8:2

Proverbs 4:18

Bible References

The light

But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.

and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We do not belong to the night nor to darkness.

“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Ephesus write:

“These are the words of the One who holds [firmly] the seven stars [which are the angels or messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands (the seven churches):

A city

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Christ).

General references

“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up and light the lamps, the seven lamps will shine in front of the lampstand.’”

But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.