61 Bible Verses about Light, Spiritual

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Job 25:4-6

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?
If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in His sight,
how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

Psalm 76:4

You are resplendent and majestic
coming down from the mountains of prey.

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your splendor.
Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.

1 Timothy 6:15-16

God will bring this about in His own time. He is

the blessed and only Sovereign,
the King of kings,
and the Lord of lords,
the only One who has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.

Psalm 90:8

You have set our unjust ways before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Psalm 139:11-12

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”—
even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.

Psalm 94:1

Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, appear.

Isaiah 10:17

Israel’s Light will become a fire,
and its Holy One, a flame.
In one day it will burn up Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

Ezra 9:8

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from Yahweh our God to preserve a remnant for us and give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our slavery, God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

Job 3:20

Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,

Job 29:2-3

If only I could be as in months gone by,
in the days when God watched over me,
when His lamp shone above my head,
and I walked through darkness by His light!

Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”
Look on us with favor, Lord.

Psalm 44:3

For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.

Psalm 67:1

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.May God be gracious to us and bless us;
look on us with favorSelah

Micah 7:8-9

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
Because I have sinned against Him,
I must endure the Lord’s rage
until He argues my case
and establishes justice for me.
He will bring me into the light;
I will see His salvation.

Job 24:13-17

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.
The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.
The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
thinking: No eye will see me;
he covers his face.
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In the dark they break into houses;
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.
For the morning is like darkness to them.
Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!

Isaiah 51:4

Pay attention to Me, My people,
and listen to Me, My nation;
for instruction will come from Me,
and My justice for a light to the nations.
I will bring it about quickly.

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

1 John 2:8

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now;
I perceive him, but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a scepter will arise from Israel.
He will smash the forehead of Moab
and strike down all the Shethites.

Isaiah 42:6-7

“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,
and I will hold You by Your hand.
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people
and a light to the nations,
in order to open blind eyes,
to bring out prisoners from the dungeon,
and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.

Luke 1:78-79

Because of our God’s merciful compassion,
the Dawn from on high will visit us
to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

John 1:4-9

Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men.
That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it. There was a man named John
who was sent from God.
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He came as a witness
to testify about the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light,
but he came to testify about the light.
The true light, who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.

John 12:35-36

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going. 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.

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Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » God a

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God and has given us light.
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords
to the horns of the altar.

Light, spiritual » Reflected from believers

Isaiah 62:1

I will not keep silent because of Zion,
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,
until her righteousness shines like a bright light
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.

Judges 5:31

Lord, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did.
But may those who love Him
be like the rising of the sun in its strength.


And the land was peaceful 40 years.

Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » God's word a

Light, spiritual » General references to

Isaiah 58:10

and if you offer yourself to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted one,
then your light will shine in the darkness,
and your night will be like noonday.

Light, spiritual » Sons of » Sons of light

Luke 16:8

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

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.

Light, spiritual » For other titles » Universal

Romans 2:15

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

Light, spiritual » Promised » To the followers of Christ

Light, spiritual » Promised » To the obedient

Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » Watching

1 Thessalonians 5:5-6

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We're not of the night or of darkness. So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be sober.

Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » Worshipping

2 Chronicles 5:13-14

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised [their] voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the Lord: For He is good; His faithful love endures forever; the temple, the Lord's temple, was filled with a cloud. And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled God's temple.

Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » Witnessing

Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » Walking

Light, spiritual » Promised » To the just

Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » Warring

Light, spiritual » Promised » To the church of the future

Isaiah 60:20

Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.

Light, spiritual » Promised » To the benevolent

Light, spiritual » Promised » To the upright

Light, spiritual » Believers' duty performed in » Working

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