Thematic Bible: Believers' duties performed in the light


Thematic Bible





That one was the lamp [which was] burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.


For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.

that has the glory of God. Its radiance [is] like a precious stone, [something] like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.

Who [is] like the sage? Who knows [the] interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

And [as they] looked intently at him, all those who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face [was] like the face of an angel.

"{And your life will be brighter than noon}; [its] darkness will be like the morning.






And on that day, the deaf shall hear [the] words of a scroll, and [the] eyes of [the] blind shall see out of gloom and darkness.

The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.

The sun shall no longer be your light by day, and for bright light the moon shall not give you light, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory.

For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.









[The] watchman says, "Morning comes, and also [the] night. If you will inquire, inquire; {come back again}."

Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already is shining.




But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,

And Aaron and all the {Israelites} saw Moses, and, {to their amazement}, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid of coming near to him.

Who [is] like the sage? Who knows [the] interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

And [as they] looked intently at him, all those who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face [was] like the face of an angel.


for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.


And it was the primary [duty] of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard [with] one voice, to praise and give thanks to Yahweh. And when a sound from the trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments of song was raised to Yahweh--for he [is] good, because his loyal love [is] everlasting--then the house, the house of Yahweh, was filled with a cloud. And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.