41 Bible Verses about Light

being so desirous of you, that we are anxious not only to give the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you are beloved unto us.

We know that we have passed out of the death into the life, because we love the brethren with divine love; the one loving not with divine love, abides in the death.

Having purified your souls through obedience of the truth unto unhypocritical, brotherly love, fervently from the heart love one another with divine love:

So, my beloved and longed for brethren, my joy and my crown, stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the divine love which you have toward all the saints.

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness.

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may be the sons of light. And Jesus spoke these things, and having gone out was hidden from them.

Do all things without murmurings and disputatious; in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

And seeing the multitudes, He went up into the mountain; and having sat down, His disciples came to Him. And having opened His mouth He taught them, saying; Blessed are the poor in spirit: because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. read more.
Blessed are the meek, because they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: because they shall be called the sons of God. Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake. Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Ye are the salt of the earth; and if the salt may lose its savor, in what shall it be salted? It is yet without value, except having been cast out, to be trodden under feet by the people. Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden. Neither do they light a candle, and place it under a bushel, but on the candlestick; and it shineth to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor. But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints; read more.
and indecorum, or foolish talking, or indecent jesting, which is not becoming, but rather the giving of thanks: for you are knowing this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words: for through these the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience. Therefore be not partakers along with them. For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

But concerning the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write to you; for you yourselves know well, that the day of the Lord is so coming like a thief in the night. When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman in gestation; and they can not escape. read more.
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may overtake you like a thief: for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;

So judge nothing before the time, until the Lord may come, who will also bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then praise shall be to each one from God.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord stood over him, and a light shone in the house; and having touched the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying; Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And it came to pass, while prosecuting the journey he drew near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him;

Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

I have come a light into the world, in order that every one believing on me may not abide in darkness.

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.

In Him was life, and the life was the light of the men.

a light unto the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

And we have the more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well giving heed, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day may dawn, and the morning-star may rise in your hearts:

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he acted shrewdly: because the sons of this age are wiser in their generation than the sons of the light.

but all things being convicted by the light are made manifest; for everything made manifest is light.

but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Jesus responded, Are there not twelve hours of the day? If any one may walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world: if any one may walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may be the sons of light. And Jesus spoke these things, and having gone out was hidden from them.

Therefore he says, Awake, thou sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon thee.

And there shall be no more curse. And the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads. And there shall be no more night; and they have no need of the light of a candle, nor the light of the sun; because the Lord God shines on them: and they shall reign until the ages of the ages.

in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:

giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;

For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted.

he alone having immortality, inhabiting light unapproachable; whom no one of men has seen, or is able to see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.

Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

And having asked for a light, he sprang in, and being alarmed, he fell down before Paul and Silas,

but all things being convicted by the light are made manifest; for everything made manifest is light.

but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.

how that Christ must suffer, how being the first from the resurrection of the dead, he is to proclaim light both to the people, and the Gentiles.

Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden.

He was a bright and shining light: and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in that light.

And it came to pass, while prosecuting the journey he drew near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him;

about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me;

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.

But Jesus cried out and said; The one believing on me, believes not on me, but on Him that sent me, and the one seeing me, sees the one that sent me. I have come a light into the world, in order that every one believing on me may not abide in darkness.

And was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as the light.

And it came to pass, while prosecuting the journey he drew near to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him;

Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old one which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. Again I do write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you: because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. The one saying that he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness until now. read more.
The one loving his brother with divine love abides in the light, and there is no stumbling in him.

No one, having lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, nor under a bushel, but on a candlestick, in order that those coming in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye may be clear, truly thy whole body is lighted; but when it may be had, truly thy body is dark. See then that the light which is in thee is not darkness. read more.
If then thy whole body is lighted, having no part dark, all will be lighted, as when a lamp may light thee with its brightness.

And was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as the light.

For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted; but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.

And was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as the light.

And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted;

but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.

For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted;

And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness.

And there shall be no more night; and they have no need of the light of a candle, nor the light of the sun; because the Lord God shines on them: and they shall reign until the ages of the ages.

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil.

who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience witnessing, and their thoughts accusing or indeed excusing with one another,

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse:

That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.