'Light' in the Bible

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,

And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

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

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.

And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

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

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

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

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.