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100 Bible Verses about Light Of The World

John 8:12 ESV / 4,183 helpful votes

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 2,924 helpful votes

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

John 1:5 ESV / 2,569 helpful votes

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2,502 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2,403 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

John 9:5 ESV / 2,374 helpful votes

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 2,328 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 2,297 helpful votes

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2,182 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 John 1:5 ESV / 2,178 helpful votes

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 2,057 helpful votes

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 1,866 helpful votes

For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

James 1:17 ESV / 1,717 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

1 John 1:7 ESV / 1,670 helpful votes

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.

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 1,658 helpful votes

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

John 12:35 ESV / 1,648 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Luke 8:16 ESV / 1,606 helpful votes

“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Matthew 5:15 ESV / 1,517 helpful votes

Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Isaiah 60:1 ESV / 1,517 helpful votes

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

John 12:36 ESV / 1,503 helpful votes

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

Genesis 1:3 ESV / 1,494 helpful votes

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Acts 13:47 ESV / 1,488 helpful votes

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

John 1:9 ESV / 1,456 helpful votes

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 1,421 helpful votes

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Micah 7:8 ESV / 1,421 helpful votes

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

John 8:2 ESV / 1,413 helpful votes

Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

Luke 11:34 ESV / 1,350 helpful votes

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.

John 3:19-21 ESV / 1,327 helpful votes

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

Isaiah 49:6 ESV / 1,310 helpful votes

He says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 42:6 ESV / 1,304 helpful votes

“I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

Philippians 2:15 ESV / 1,281 helpful votes

That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Malachi 4:2 ESV / 1,280 helpful votes

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

John 9:1-41 ESV / 1,277 helpful votes

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ...

Matthew 4:16 ESV / 1,259 helpful votes

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”

Psalm 139:7-12 ESV / 1,238 helpful votes

Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” ...

Revelation 21:23 ESV / 1,208 helpful votes

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

John 12:35-36 ESV / 1,159 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 1,158 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

John 1:4 ESV / 1,141 helpful votes

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

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1,131 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Proverbs 4:18 ESV / 1,121 helpful votes

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Ephesians 5:14 ESV / 1,087 helpful votes

For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Psalm 36:9 ESV / 1,064 helpful votes

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

Matthew 5:2 ESV / 1,036 helpful votes

And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

John 5:35 ESV / 1,018 helpful votes

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Proverbs 6:23 ESV / 1,016 helpful votes

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Romans 13:12 ESV / 1,006 helpful votes

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 991 helpful votes

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Philippians 2:14-16 ESV / 964 helpful votes

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

John 12:44-46 ESV / 956 helpful votes

And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

John 7:1-53 ESV / 955 helpful votes

After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” For not even his brothers believed in him. ...

John 12:46 ESV / 936 helpful votes

I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 932 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, 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. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Ephesians 5:8-9 ESV / 912 helpful votes

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

Luke 2:32 ESV / 912 helpful votes

A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

John 1:2 ESV / 900 helpful votes

He was in the beginning with God.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 898 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 896 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

John 8:1-59 ESV / 876 helpful votes

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ...

Isaiah 58:8 ESV / 874 helpful votes

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

1 Thessalonians 5:5 ESV / 868 helpful votes

For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

Ephesians 1:18 ESV / 860 helpful votes

Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 858 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 851 helpful votes

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 5:9 ESV / 845 helpful votes

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

John 8:58 ESV / 830 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Ephesians 5:13-14 ESV / 822 helpful votes

But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Luke 11:33 ESV / 822 helpful votes

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Isaiah 42:16 ESV / 812 helpful votes

And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.

John 3:19 ESV / 794 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 9:2 ESV / 793 helpful votes

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

John 1:8 ESV / 786 helpful votes

He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

John 14:6 ESV / 765 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 21:14 ESV / 732 helpful votes

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Psalm 37:5-6 ESV / 726 helpful votes

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

John 3:16 ESV / 712 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:3 ESV / 710 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Genesis 1:4 ESV / 708 helpful votes

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

Numbers 6:24-26 ESV / 707 helpful votes

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Acts 26:22-23 ESV / 704 helpful votes

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Ecclesiastes 2:13 ESV / 698 helpful votes

Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

John 1:4-9 ESV / 692 helpful votes

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. ...

Psalm 80:19 ESV / 687 helpful votes

Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 674 helpful votes

Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 670 helpful votes

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Exodus 13:21 ESV / 668 helpful votes

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

John 1:7 ESV / 667 helpful votes

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.

Psalm 31:16 ESV / 666 helpful votes

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!

Matthew 5:15-16 ESV / 663 helpful votes

Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

John 1:4-5 ESV / 650 helpful votes

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 645 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 John 1:6 ESV / 638 helpful votes

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Daniel 2:22 ESV / 623 helpful votes

He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

John 9:2 ESV / 607 helpful votes

And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

John 1:1-5:47 ESV / 606 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

1 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 605 helpful votes

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

John 1:1-7:53 ESV / 588 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

John 1:3 ESV / 569 helpful votes

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 514 helpful votes

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

John 3:2 ESV / 499 helpful votes

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

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