'Light' in the Bible

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and the ones who sit in the land and shadow of death, a light has dawned on them."

You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,

nor do they light a lamp and place it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines on all those in the house.

In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

"The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is sincere, your whole body will be full of light.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear in your ear, proclaim on the housetops.

For my yoke [is] easy to carry and my burden is light."

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became bright as the light.

"And immediately after the tribulation of those days, 'the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.'

For nothing is secret except so that it may be revealed, nor has become hidden except so that it will come to light.

"But in those days, after that tribulation, 'the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace."

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory to your people Israel."

"And no one, [after] lighting a lamp, covers it with a jar or puts [it] under a bed, but puts [it] on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

For nothing is secret that will not become evident, and nothing hidden that will never be known and come to light.

"No one [after] lighting a lamp puts [it] in a cellar or under a bushel basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is sincere, your whole body is full of light also. But when it is evil, your body [is] dark also.

Therefore pay careful attention [that] the light in you is not darkness!

If therefore your whole body [is] full of light, not having any part dark, it will be completely full of light, as when the lamp with [its] light gives light to you."

Therefore everything that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what {you have whispered} in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.

Or what woman who has ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds [it]?

And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

And a certain female slave, seeing him sitting in the light and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him!"

[because] [the light] of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart [down] the middle.

In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.

That one was not the light, but [came] in order that he could testify about the light.

The true light, who gives light to every person, was coming into the world.

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.

That one was the lamp [which was] burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Jesus replied, Are [there] not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks around in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

So Jesus said to them, "Yet a little time the light is with you! Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness does not overtake you! And the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light." Jesus said these [things], and [then] he went away [and] was hidden from them.

I have come [as] a light into the world, in order that everyone who believes in me will not remain in the darkness.

Now as [he] proceeded, it happened that [when] he approached Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near [him], and a light shone in the prison cell. And striking Peter's side, he woke him up, saying, "Get up {quickly}!" And his chains fell off of [his] hands.

For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you {to be} a light for the Gentiles, {that you would bring} salvation to the end of the earth.'

"And it happened that [as] I was traveling and approaching Damascus around noon, suddenly a very bright light from heaven flashed around me,

(Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.)

And as I could not see as a result of the brightness of that light, I arrived in Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.

In the middle of the day along the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven, more than the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were traveling with me.

to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

that the Christ was to suffer [and] that [as] the first of the resurrection from the dead, he was going to proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

and are confident [that] you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,

The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory {beyond all measure and proportion},

Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation [is there between] righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship [does] light [have] with darkness?

And no wonder, for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light.

for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light

(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

but all [things] exposed by the light are made visible,

for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

the [one who] alone possesses immortality, who lives [in] unapproachable light, whom no human being has seen nor is able to see, to whom [be] honor and eternal power. Amen.

but has now been disclosed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel,

And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons? "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, or give up [when you] are corrected by him.

But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there [is] no darkness in him 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 his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already is shining.

The one who says [he] is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

The one who loves his brother resides in the light, and [there] is no cause for stumbling in him.

And the light of a lamp will never shine in you again! And the sound of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again! For your merchants were the most important people of the earth, because with your sorcery they deceived all the nations.

And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

And night will not exist [any] longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp and the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give light to them, and they will reign {forever and ever}.