What Does the Bible Say About Light Source?

John 8:12 ESV / 9 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.”

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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

Genesis 1:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes

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

Romans 13:12 ESV / 7 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.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 6 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.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

James 1:17 ESV / 4 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.

Ephesians 5:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 4 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.

Proverbs 4:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Psalm 97:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 3 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 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 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 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Matthew 17:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Matthew 6:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 3 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.

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 3 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.

Matthew 4:16 ESV / 3 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.”

Isaiah 42:16 ESV / 3 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.

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Psalm 104:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.

Psalm 89:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,

Psalm 19:1-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. ...

Psalm 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 1:7 ESV / 2 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.

2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Colossians 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Corinthians 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 12:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

John 10:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 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.

Luke 8:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Ezekiel 1:26-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance. And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him. Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Isaiah 60:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Isaiah 50:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Isaiah 42:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 11:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Psalm 139:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

Psalm 43:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!

Psalm 36:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 2 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?

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

69 Bible Verses about Light Source

John 8:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 97:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 17:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 42:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:130 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 104:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 89:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 19:1-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 6:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 12:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 1:26-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 60:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 50:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 42:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 11:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 139:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 43:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 36:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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