What Does the Bible Say About Being The Light?

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.”

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 6 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.

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

John 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:5 ESV / 4 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.

1 John 1:7 ESV / 3 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.

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

John 14:6 ESV / 3 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.

John 3:19 ESV / 3 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.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 3 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. ...

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Revelation 21:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ...

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Ephesians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 2 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.

Romans 7:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. ...

Acts 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him.

John 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

John 12:49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

John 8:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

John 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Matthew 6:22 ESV / 2 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 / 2 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 5:1-48 ESV / 2 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. ...

Zechariah 4:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” ...

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.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Genesis 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

34 Bible Verses about Being The Light

John 8:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 21:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 7:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 4:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 60:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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34 Bible Verses about Being The Light

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John 8:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 1:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 21:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 7:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 4:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 60:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes