God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'

Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the Lord's splendor will be your rear guard.

You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

The Lord affirms, "The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me."

Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands.

As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

three years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord's messenger will destroy throughout Israel's territory.' Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me."

When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.