'Light' in the Bible
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."
"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"
It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.
"Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
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