11 Bible Verses about Candles

People don't light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven."

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my pathway.

For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness.

You divided the sea in front of them, and they traveled through the midst of the sea on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths, as one throws a stone into turbulent waters. You led them during the day by a pillar of cloud, and by a pillar of fire at night to provide light for them on the path they took. "You also came down to Mount Sinai, spoke with them from heaven, and gave them impartial regulations, true laws, statutes, and good commands.

For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hiding place or under a basket, but on a lamp stand, so that those who enter may see its light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it's evil, your body is full of darkness. Therefore, be careful that the light in you isn't darkness.

When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.

"You are to make a lamp stand of pure gold: the lamp stand and its base and stem shall be of hammered work, and its cups, calyxes, and flowers are to be of one piece with it. Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lamp stand from one side of it and three branches of the lamp stand from its other side. Three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers are to be on one branch and three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and flowers are to be on the other branch, and so for the six branches extending from the lamp stand.read more.
"On the lamp stand itself there are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with their calyxes and flowers. A calyx is to be under the two branches that extend out of the stem; a calyx is to be under the next pair of branches that extend out of the stem; and a calyx is to be under the last pair of branches that extend out of the stem, and so for the six branches extending from the lamp stand. Their calyxes and their branches are to be of one piece with it; all of it is to be made of one piece of hammered work of pure gold. "You are to make seven lamps for it, and its lamps are to be mounted so as to give light in front of it. Its tongs and trays are to be of pure gold. The lamp stand together with all its furnishings is to be made from a talent of pure gold. Now see that you make them according to the pattern for them which you are being shown on the mountain."

"And you are to command the Israelis to bring you pure olive oil, extracted by hand, for the light in order to keep the lamp burning continuously.