58 Bible Verses about Light

so was our affection toward you. Our good will was to have dealt unto you, not the gospel of God only: but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

We know that we are translated from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.

And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently:

Therefore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so continue in the Lord, ye beloved.

since we heard of your faith which ye have in Christ Jesus: and of the love which ye bear to all saints

that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,

Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill, cannot be hid,

For Zion's sake therefore will I not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not cease: until their righteousness break forth as a shining light, and their salvation as a burning lamp.

So, perish all thine enemies LORD: but they that love thee, let them be as the sun rising in his might!" And the land had rest forty years.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he changed unto darkness.

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

The Sun shall never be thy day light, and the light of the Moon shall never shine unto thee: but the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God shall be thy glory.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness: but shall have the light of life."

Then Jesus said unto them, "Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe on the light that ye may be the children of light." These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.

Do all things without murmuring and disputing, that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,

When he saw the people he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came to him: and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. read more.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall falsely say all manner of evil sayings against you for my sake. Rejoice, and be glad: for great is your reward in heaven: For so persecuted they the prophets which were before your days. "Ye are the salt of the earth: but and if the salt have lost her saltiness, what can be salted therewith? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden underfoot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill, cannot be hid, neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it lighteth all them that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.

Be ye followers of God as dear children, and walk in love even as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet savour to God. So that fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, be not once named among you, as it becometh saints: read more.
neither filthiness, neither foolish talking, neither jestings, which are not comely: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, either unclean person, or covetous person, which is the worshipper of images, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words. For through such things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of unbelief. Be not, therefore, companions with them. Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

Of the times and seasons brethren ye have no need that I write unto you: for ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come even as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, "Peace, no danger," then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not escape. read more.
But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that day should come on you as it were a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.

The poor and the lender meet together; the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

Thou also shalt light my candle; the LORD my God shall make my darkness to be light. {TYNDALE: Thou art my light, O LORD, and the LORD shall light my darkness.}

Thou art my light, O LORD, and the LORD shall light my darkness.

And behold, the angel of the Lord was there present, and a light shined in the lodge. And he smote Peter on the side, and stirred him up, saying, "Arise up quickly." And his chains fell off from his hands.

and went between the host of the Egyptians and the host of Israel. It was a dark cloud, and gave light by night: so that all the night long the one could not come at the other.

In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night through with a light of fire.

But as he journeyed, it fortuned that he drew nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven.

It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. The Earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit of God moved upon the water. Then God said, "Let there be light." And there was light. read more.
And God saw the light that it was good: and divided the light from the darkness, and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness:

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness: but shall have the light of life."

In it was life; And the life was the light of men;

A light to lighten the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel."

We have also a right sure word of prophecy, whereunto if ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, ye do well; until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts.

When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and understanding unto the simple.

{Nun} Thy word is a lantern unto my feet and a light unto my paths.

that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,

Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. For the children of this world, are in their kind, wiser than the children of light.

The lantern of the LORD is the breath of man; and goeth through all the inward parts of the body.

For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea, chastening and nurture is the way of life:

but all things, when they are rebuked of the light, are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest, that same is light.

but and if we walk in light even as he is in light, then have we fellowship together, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.

Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night he stumbleth, because there is no light in him."

Then Jesus said unto them, "Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe on the light that ye may be the children of light." These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.

Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."

And there shall be no more curse, but the seat 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 in their foreheads. And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.

Then said God, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; that they may be unto signs, seasons, days and years. And let them be lights in the firmament of heaven, to shine upon the earth." And so it was. And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day, and a lesser light to rule the night; and he made stars also. read more.
And God put them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth,

"Thus sayeth the LORD which gave the sun to be a light for the day, and the moon and stars to shine in the night: which moveth the sea, so that the floods thereof wax fierce: his name is the LORD of Hosts.

in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest should shine unto them the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the image of God.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people, that ye should show the virtues of him that called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the servants of David sware unto him, saying, "Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that the light of Israel be not put out."

shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'

There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and a joyful gladness for such as are true hearted.

giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.

The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light.

Like as the clearness of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; so doth a good name feed the bones.

which only hath immortality, and dwelleth in light that no man can attain, whom never man saw, neither can see: unto whom be honour and rule everlasting. Amen.

Thou deckest thyself with light, as it were with a garment, and spreadest out the heaven like a curtain -

Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter. Yea, he hath delivered my soul from destruction, and my life, that it seeth the light.' "Lo, thus worketh God always with man, read more.
that he keepeth his soul from perishing, and letteth him enjoy the light of the living.

How excellent is thy mercy, O God! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house, and thou shalt give them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light shall we see light.

It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Then God said, "Let there be light." And there was light. And God saw the light that it was good: and divided the light from the darkness, and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.

Then he called for a light and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

Moreover, I will take from them the voice of gladness and solace, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, the voice of the anointed, with the cressets:

but all things, when they are rebuked of the light, are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest, that same is light.

But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be known, how that they are wrought in God."

God is the LORD, and hath showed us light; O garnish the solemn feast with green branches, even unto the horns of the altar.

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from death, and should show light unto the people, and to the gentiles."

shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'

His sneezing is like a glistering fire, and his eyes like the morning shine.

It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

Then God said, "Let there be light." And there was light.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill, cannot be hid,

He was a burning, and a shining light; and ye would for a season have rejoiced in his light.

then show me where light dwelleth, and where darkness is: that thou mayest bring us unto their quarters, if thou canst tell the way to their houses.

By what way is the light parted, and the heat dealt out upon the earth?

{A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light shall we see light.

Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing.

In that day they shall be so fierce upon them, as the sea. And if we look unto the land, behold, it shall be all darkness and sorrow. If we look to heaven: behold, it shall be dark with careful desperation.

There be many that say, "Who will show us any good? LORD lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."

O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

But as he journeyed, it fortuned that he drew nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven.

even at mid day, o King, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shine round about me and them, which journeyed with me.

whose men of war are innumerable, and whose light ariseth over all.

and cause his light to shine upon them, and to cover the bottom of the sea.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness: but shall have the light of life."

And Jesus cried, and said, "He that believeth on me believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness:

It is time for thee, O LORD, to lay to thine hand; for they have destroyed thy law. For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stone. Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments; and all false ways I utterly abhor. read more.
{Pe} Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them. When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and understanding unto the simple.

And I saw that wisdom excelleth foolishness, as far as light doth darkness.

The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing is it for the eyes to look upon the Sun.

and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothes were as white as the light.

But as he journeyed, it fortuned that he drew nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven.

Like as the clearness of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; so doth a good name feed the bones.

Up and receive light, Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is up over thee. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and a thick mist the nations. But the LORD shall rise as the sun over thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the heathen shall walk in thy light, and the kings in the brightness that is risen over thee.

The path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you: but an old commandment which ye had at the beginning. For an old commandment is the word which ye heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, a thing which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. He that saith how that he is in the light, and yet hateth his brother, is in darkness even until this time. read more.
He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of offending in him.

The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

"No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a privy place, neither under a bushel: But on a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light. The light of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye be evil: then shall all thy body also be full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not darkness. read more.
For if all thy body shall be light, having no part dark: then shall all be full of light, even as when a candle doeth light thee with his brightness."

and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothes were as white as the light.

For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be known, how that they are wrought in God."

and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothes were as white as the light.

he openeth the deep secrets; he knoweth the thing that lieth in darkness, for the light dwelleth with him.

Woe be unto them that call evil good, and good evil: which make darkness light, and light darkness, that make sour sweet, and sweet sour.

And God saw the light that it was good: and divided the light from the darkness,

Shall not the light of the ungodly be put out? Yea, the flame of his fire shall not burn. The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he changed unto darkness.

"For every man seeth not the light, that he keepeth clear in the clouds, which he cleanseth when he maketh the wind to blow.

For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be known, how that they are wrought in God."

For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

The Sun shall never be thy day light, and the light of the Moon shall never shine unto thee: but the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God shall be thy glory.

{A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

O thou enemy of mine, rejoice not at my fall, for I shall get up again: and though I sit in darkness, yet the LORD is my light.

God is the LORD, and hath showed us light; O garnish the solemn feast with green branches, even unto the horns of the altar.

For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.

{A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,

Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill, cannot be hid,

For Zion's sake therefore will I not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not cease: until their righteousness break forth as a shining light, and their salvation as a burning lamp.

So, perish all thine enemies LORD: but they that love thee, let them be as the sun rising in his might!" And the land had rest forty years.

Yea If thou layest away thy burdens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceasest from blasphemous talking; if thou hast compassion upon the hungry, and refreshest the troubled soul: Then shall thy light spring out in the darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noon day.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people, that ye should show the virtues of him that called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

to open their eyes that they might turn from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in me.'

For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light shall we see light.

Thou art my light, O LORD, and the LORD shall light my darkness.

And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil.

which show the deed of the law written in their hearts: While their conscience beareth witness unto them, and also their thoughts, accusing one another, or excusing,

So that his invisible things, that is to say, his eternal power and godhead, are understood and seen by the works from the creation of the world. So that they are without excuse,

That was a true light, which lighteneth all men that come into the world.