Bible Verses About Light
Bible verses about Light
Discover what the Bible says about light.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
The people who sat in darkness, saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a close vessel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light to all that are in the house.
Scripture Passages
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light.
But if thy eye be evil, thy whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great [is] that darkness!
What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] publish ye upon the house-tops.
And [he] was transfigured before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shades of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth [it] under a bed; but setteth [it] on a candlestick, that they who enter in may see the light.
No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a close vessel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thy eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.
If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light; as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Therefore, whatever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loseth one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she findeth [it]?
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
The same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Then Jesus spoke again to 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.
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walketh in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.
But they made light of [it], and went, one to his farm, another to his merchandise.
A light to enlighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear testimony of that Light.
[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
But if a man walketh in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
I am come a light into the world, that whoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in 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.