Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

The light

Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
John 5:35
John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.
John 12:36
While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.
Romans 2:19
and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
Philippians 2:15
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.
Revelation 1:20
The secret of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1
“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus:

“The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands says:

A city

Genesis 11:4
And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Revelation 21:14
The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.

General references

Numbers 8:2
“Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”
Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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