Bible Verses About light
Find 517 Bible verses about light from the King James Version with commentary and cross-references.
Genesis 1:4
"God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness."
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Genesis 1:5
"God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day."
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Genesis 1:14
"God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;"
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Genesis 1:16
"God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars."
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Genesis 3:6
"When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate."
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Exodus 9:23
"Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and the Lord sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. The Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt."
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Exodus 9:24
"So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation."
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Numbers 3:31
"Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service."
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Numbers 4:9
"They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the menorah of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it."
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Numbers 4:16
""The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings.""
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Numbers 8:3
"Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the menorah, as the Lord commanded Moses."
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Judges 7:21
"They each stood in his place every man around the camp; and all the army ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight."
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Judges 9:4
"They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him."
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2 Kings 7:7
"Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life."
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1 Kings 8:37
""If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is;"
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2 Kings 3:18
"This is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand."
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2 Kings 4:10
"Please let us make a little room on the wall. Let us set for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand. It shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.""
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2 Kings 7:5
"They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there."
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2 Kings 7:9
"Then they said one to another, "We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.""
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2 Kings 8:19
"However the Lord would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always."
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2 Chronicles 4:7
"He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left."
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2 Chronicles 4:16
"Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass."
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2 Chronicles 4:20
"and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;"
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2 Chronicles 6:28
""If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;"
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2 Chronicles 9:8
"Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for the Lord your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.""
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Ezra 9:8
"Now for a little moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage."
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Nehemiah 1:11
"Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cup bearer to the king."
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Nehemiah 9:12
"Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go."
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Nehemiah 9:25
"They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness."
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Esther 2:14
"In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name."
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Esther 6:6
"So Haman came in. The king said to him, "What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?" Now Haman said in his heart, "Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?""
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Esther 6:11
"Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!""
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Job 3:4
"Let that day be darkness. Do not let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it."
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Job 3:9
"Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,"
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Psalms 1:2
"but his delight is in the Lord's Law. On his Law he meditates day and night."
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Psalms 4:6
"Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Lord, let the light of your face shine on us."
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Proverbs 4:18
"But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day."
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Proverbs 6:23
"For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,"
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Ecclesiastes 2:13
"Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness."
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Ecclesiastes 8:1
"Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed."
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Song of Solomon 2:3
"As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste."
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Isaiah 1:11
""What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says the Lord. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats."
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Isaiah 4:5
"The Lord will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy."
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Isaiah 5:30
"They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds."
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Isaiah 9:2
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined."
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Jeremiah 3:9
"It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks."
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Jeremiah 4:23
"I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light."
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Jeremiah 5:28
"They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they do not judge the right of the needy."
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Jeremiah 6:10
"To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it."
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Jeremiah 8:11
"They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace;" when there is no peace."
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Ezekiel 1:4
"I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire."
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Ezekiel 1:13
"As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning."
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Ezekiel 1:14
"The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning."
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Ezekiel 1:27
"I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him."
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Ezekiel 1:28
"As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke."
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Ezekiel 8:2
"Then I saw, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his waist and downward, fire; and from his waist and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal."
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Ezekiel 8:17
"Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose."
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Daniel 2:31
"You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was extraordinary, stood before you; and its appearance was awesome."
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Daniel 5:5
"In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote."
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Daniel 9:17
"Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake."
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Hosea 6:5
"Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning."
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Joel 2:10
"The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining."
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Amos 2:14
"Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;"
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Amos 4:9
""I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me," says the Lord."
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Amos 5:18
""Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light."
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Amos 5:20
"Won't the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?"
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Jonah 1:5
"Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep."
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Micah 1:16
"Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you!"
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Micah 2:1
"Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand."
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Micah 7:8
"Do not rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me."
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Micah 7:9
"I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness."
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Micah 7:18
"Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness."
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Nahum 2:4
"The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings."
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Habakkuk 3:4
"His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden."
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Habakkuk 3:11
"The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear."
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Zephaniah 1:12
"It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.""
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Zephaniah 3:5
"The Lord, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame."
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Haggai 2:17
"I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you did not turn to me,' says the Lord."
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Zechariah 4:2
"He said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I have seen, and behold, a menorah all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;"
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Zechariah 9:14
"The Lord will be seen over them; and his arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord God will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south."
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Malachi 2:17
"You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'"
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Malachi 3:12
""All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says the Lord of hosts."
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Matthew 5:14
"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden."
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Matthew 5:15
"Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house."
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Matthew 5:16
"Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."
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Matthew 6:22
""The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light."
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Matthew 6:23
"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"
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Mark 4:21
"And he said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is not it put on a stand?"
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Luke 8:16
""No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light."
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Luke 8:17
"For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light."
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John 1:7
"The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him."
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John 3:19
"This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil."
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John 3:20
"For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his works would be exposed."
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John 3:21
"But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.""
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John 5:35
"He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light."
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John 8:12
"Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.""
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Acts 9:3
"As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him."
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1 Corinthians 4:5
"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God."
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2 Corinthians 4:6
"seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
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2 Corinthians 4:17
"For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;"
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2 Corinthians 6:14
"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?"
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Ephesians 5:8
"For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,"
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Ephesians 5:13
"But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light."
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Ephesians 5:14
"Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.""
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Colossians 1:12
"giving thanks to the Father, who made you fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;"
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
"You are all children of light, and children of the day. We do not belong to the night, nor to darkness,"
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Hebrews 6:4
"For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,"
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Hebrews 9:2
"For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place."
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James 1:17
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow."
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1 Peter 2:9
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:"
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2 Peter 1:19
"We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:"
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1 John 1:5
"This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."
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1 John 2:8
"Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines."
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1 John 2:9
"He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now."
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1 John 2:10
"He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him."
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Revelation 1:12
"I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands."
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Revelation 1:16
"He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest."
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Revelation 2:1
""To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:"
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Revelation 2:5
"Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent."
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Revelation 4:5
"Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God."
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Revelation 8:5
"The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake."
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Revelation 8:12
"The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way."
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1 Samuel 2:30
""Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now the Lord says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed."
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1 Samuel 3:3
"and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had lain down in the Lord's temple, where the ark of God was;"
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1 Samuel 6:5
"Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land."
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2 Samuel 2:18
"The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle."
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Genesis 1:15
"and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so."
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Genesis 1:18
"and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good."
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Genesis 34:19
"The young man did not wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father."
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Genesis 44:3
"As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys."
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Exodus 10:23
"They did not see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings."
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Exodus 13:21
"The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:"
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Exodus 14:20
"It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one did not come near the other all the night."
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Exodus 19:16
"It happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled."
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Exodus 20:18
"All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance."
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Exodus 25:6
"oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,"
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Exodus 25:37
"You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it."
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Exodus 27:20
""You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually."
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Exodus 30:7
"Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it."
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Exodus 30:8
"When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations."
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Exodus 35:8
"oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,"
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Exodus 35:14
"the menorah also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;"
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Exodus 35:28
"and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense."
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Exodus 37:23
"He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold."
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Exodus 39:37
"the pure menorah, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,"
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Exodus 40:4
"You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the menorah, and light its lamps."
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Leviticus 13:2
""When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons, the priests:"
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Leviticus 13:4
"If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days."
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Leviticus 13:19
"and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;"
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Leviticus 13:23
"But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean."
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Leviticus 13:24
""Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,"
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Leviticus 13:25
"then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy."
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Leviticus 13:26
"But if the priest examines it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days."
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Leviticus 13:28
"If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn."
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Leviticus 13:38
""When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots;"
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Leviticus 13:39
"then the priest shall examine them; and behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean."
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Leviticus 24:2
""Com-mand the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually."
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Leviticus 24:4
"He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold menorah before the Lord continually."
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Leviticus 26:31
"I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings."
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Leviticus 26:36
""'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues."
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Numbers 8:2
""Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the menorah.'""
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Numbers 14:8
"If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey."
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Numbers 21:5
"The people spoke against God, and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.""
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Deuteronomy 10:15
"Only the Lord had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day."
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Deuteronomy 19:5
"as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:"
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Deuteronomy 21:14
"It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her."
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Deuteronomy 27:16
"'Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'"
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Deuteronomy 28:22
"The Lord will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish."
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Deuteronomy 32:15
"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation."
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Deuteronomy 32:30
"How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had delivered them up?"
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Judges 16:2
"The Gazites were told, "Samson is here!" They surrounded him, and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all night, saying, "Wait until morning light, then we will kill him.""
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Judges 19:26
"Then at daybreak the woman arrived and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until daylight."
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1 Samuel 14:27
"But Jonathan did not hear when his father commanded the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened."
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1 Samuel 14:29
"Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey."
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1 Samuel 14:36
"Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near here to God.""
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1 Samuel 15:22
"Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams."
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1 Samuel 18:22
"Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'""
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1 Samuel 18:23
"Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, "Does it seems to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?""
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1 Samuel 19:1
"Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David."
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1 Samuel 25:22
"God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.""
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1 Samuel 25:34
"For indeed, as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.""
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1 Samuel 25:36
"Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light."
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1 Samuel 29:10
"Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.""
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1 Samuel 30:17
"David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled."
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2 Samuel 15:26
"but if he say thus, 'I have no delight in you;' behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him.""
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2 Samuel 17:12
"So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one."
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2 Samuel 17:22
"Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan."
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2 Samuel 21:17
"But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you do not quench the lamp of Israel.""
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2 Samuel 22:20
"He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me."
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2 Samuel 23:4
"shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'"
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2 Samuel 24:3
"Joab said to the king, "Now may the Lord your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?""
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1 Kings 7:49
"and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;"
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1 Kings 10:9
"Blessed is the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.""
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1 Kings 11:36
"To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there."
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1 Kings 12:4
""Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.""
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1 Kings 12:9
"He said to them, "What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?'""
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1 Kings 12:10
"The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist."
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1 Kings 15:4
"Nevertheless for David's sake, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;"
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1 Kings 16:31
"It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him."
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2 Kings 20:10
"Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.""
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1 Chronicles 8:13
"and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;"
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1 Chronicles 12:15
"These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west."
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1 Chronicles 28:15
"by weight also for the lampstands of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps; and for the lampstands of silver, by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of every lampstand;"
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2 Chronicles 4:21
"and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;"
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2 Chronicles 10:4
""Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.""
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2 Chronicles 10:9
"He said to them, "What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?'""
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2 Chronicles 10:10
"The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;' thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist."
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2 Chronicles 13:11
"and they burn to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also set the show bread in order on the pure table; and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we keep the instruction of the Lord our God; but you have forsaken him."
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2 Chronicles 21:7
"However the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always."
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2 Chronicles 29:7
"Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel."
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Ezra 8:27
"and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold."
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Nehemiah 9:19
"yet you in your manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go."
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Esther 6:9
"Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!'""
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Job 3:16
"or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light."
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Job 10:22
"the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.'""
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Job 12:22
"He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death."
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Job 12:25
"They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man."
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Job 17:12
"They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness."
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Job 18:5
""Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine."
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Job 20:20
""Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights."
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Job 21:17
""How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?"
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Job 22:26
"For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God."
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Job 22:28
"You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways."
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Job 24:13
""These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know its ways, nor abide in its paths."
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Job 24:14
"The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief."
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Job 24:15
"The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face."
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Job 24:16
"In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light."
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Job 25:5
"Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;"
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Job 26:10
"He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness."
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Job 28:11
"He binds the streams that they do not trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light."
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Job 28:26
"When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;"
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Job 29:24
"I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face."
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Job 30:26
"When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness."
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Job 33:28
"He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'"
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Job 33:30
"to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living."
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Job 34:9
"For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'"
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Job 37:3
"He sends it forth under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth."
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Job 37:11
"Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning."
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Job 37:15
"Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?"
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Job 37:21
"Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them."
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Job 38:19
""What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,"
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Job 38:24
"By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?"
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Job 38:35
"Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'"
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Job 41:18
"His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning."
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Psalms 13:3
"Behold, and answer me, Lord, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;"
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Psalms 16:3
"As for the holy ones who are in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight."
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Psalms 18:12
"At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire."
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Psalms 18:14
"He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them."
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Psalms 18:19
"He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me."
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Psalms 19:8
"The Lord's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The Lord's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes."
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Psalms 22:8
""He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.""
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Psalms 27:1
"The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?"
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Psalms 31:16
"Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness."
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Psalms 37:4
"Also delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."
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Psalms 37:6
"he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun."
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Psalms 37:11
"But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
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Psalms 38:10
"My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me."
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Psalms 40:14
"Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt."
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Psalms 41:11
"By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me."
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Psalms 43:3
"Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents."
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Psalms 44:3
"For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them."
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Psalms 49:19
"he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light."
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Psalms 51:16
"For you do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering."
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Psalms 51:19
"Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar."
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Psalms 56:13
"For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living."
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Psalms 62:4
"They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah."
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Psalms 62:9
"Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath."
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Psalms 67:1
"May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah."
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Psalms 68:13
"while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold."
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Psalms 68:30
"Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war."
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Psalms 74:16
"The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun."
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Psalms 77:18
"The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook."
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Psalms 78:14
"In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire."
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Psalms 80:1
"Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth."
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Psalms 80:7
"Turn us again, God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved."
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Psalms 80:19
"Turn us again, Lord God of Hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved."
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Psalms 89:15
"Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Lord."
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Psalms 90:8
"You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence."
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Psalms 94:1
"Lord, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth."
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Psalms 94:19
"In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul."
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Psalms 102:4
"My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread."
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Psalms 104:2
"He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain."
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Psalms 104:15
"wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart."
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Psalms 109:17
"Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him."
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Psalms 112:1
"Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in his commandments."
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Psalms 112:4
"Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous."
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Psalms 118:27
"The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar."
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Psalms 119:77
"Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your Law is my delight."
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Psalms 119:92
"Unless your Law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction."
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Psalms 119:130
"The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple."
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Psalms 119:143
"Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight."
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Psalms 132:17
"There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed."
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Psalms 135:7
"who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries;"
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Psalms 136:7
"To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever:"
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Psalms 139:11
"If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;""
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Psalms 139:12
"even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you."
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Psalms 144:6
"Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them."
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Psalms 147:10
"He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man."
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Proverbs 1:22
""How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?"
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Proverbs 3:12
"for whom the Lord loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights."
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Proverbs 7:9
"in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness."
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Proverbs 8:30
"then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,"
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Proverbs 11:1
"A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but accurate weights are his delight."
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Proverbs 11:20
"Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight."
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Proverbs 12:9
"Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread."
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Proverbs 12:22
"Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who do the truth are his delight."
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Proverbs 13:9
"The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out."
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Proverbs 15:8
"The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight."
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Proverbs 15:30
"The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones."
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Proverbs 16:13
"Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth."
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Proverbs 16:15
"In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain."
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Proverbs 18:2
"A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion."
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Proverbs 20:20
"Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness."
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Proverbs 20:27
"The spirit of man is the Lord's lamp, searching all his innermost parts."
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Proverbs 23:24
"The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him."
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Proverbs 24:20
"for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out."
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Proverbs 29:17
"Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul."
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Proverbs 31:18
"She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night."
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Ecclesiastes 2:8
"I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men-musical instruments, and that of all sorts."
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Ecclesiastes 11:7
"Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun."
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Ecclesiastes 12:2
"Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;"
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Isaiah 5:20
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
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Isaiah 10:17
"The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day."
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Isaiah 11:3
"His delight will be in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;"
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Isaiah 13:10
"For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine."
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Isaiah 13:17
"Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it."
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Isaiah 18:4
"For the Lord said to me, "I will be still, and I will see from my dwelling place, like the clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.""
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Isaiah 21:4
"My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me."
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Isaiah 30:26
"Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with."
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Isaiah 32:14
"For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;"
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Isaiah 42:1
""Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations."
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Isaiah 42:6
""I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;"
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Isaiah 42:16
"I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know. I will lead them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them."
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Isaiah 44:9
"Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses do not see, nor know, that they may be disappointed."
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Isaiah 45:7
"I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am the Lord, who does all these things."
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Isaiah 49:6
"yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.""
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Isaiah 50:10
"Who is among you who fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely on his God."
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Isaiah 51:4
""Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples."
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Isaiah 52:12
"For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard."
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Isaiah 53:11
"After the suffering of his soul, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my servant, the righteous one, make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities."
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Isaiah 55:2
"Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness."
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Isaiah 58:2
"Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God."
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Isaiah 58:8
"Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard."
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Isaiah 58:10
"and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;"
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Isaiah 58:13
""If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of the Lord honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:"
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Isaiah 58:14
"then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:" for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it."
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Isaiah 59:9
"Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity."
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Isaiah 59:10
"We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men."
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Isaiah 60:1
""Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen on you."
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Isaiah 60:3
"Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising."
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Isaiah 60:19
"The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory."
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Isaiah 60:20
"Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended."
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Isaiah 62:1
"For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns."
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Isaiah 62:4
"You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married."
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Isaiah 65:12
"I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight.""
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Isaiah 66:3
"He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:"
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Isaiah 66:4
"I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight.""
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Isaiah 66:11
"that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.""
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Jeremiah 9:24
"but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says the Lord."
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Jeremiah 10:13
"when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries."
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Jeremiah 13:16
"Give glory to the Lord your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness."
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Jeremiah 22:28
"Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which none delights? Why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they do not know?"
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Jeremiah 25:10
"Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp."
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Jeremiah 31:35
"Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; the Lord of hosts is his name:"
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Jeremiah 48:38
"On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights,' says the Lord."
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Jeremiah 51:16
"When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries."
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Jeremiah 52:19
"The captain of the guard took away the cups, the fire pans, the basins, the pots, the lampstands, the spoons, and the bowls; that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver."
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Ezekiel 10:4
"The glory of the Lord mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory."
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Ezekiel 21:10
"it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? The rod of my son, it condemns every tree."
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Ezekiel 21:15
"I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: Ah! It is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter."
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Ezekiel 21:28
""You, son of man, prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord God concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say, "A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;"
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Ezekiel 22:7
"In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow."
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Ezekiel 27:19
"Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise."
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Ezekiel 28:7
"therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness."
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Ezekiel 28:17
"Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you."
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Ezekiel 32:7
"When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light."
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Ezekiel 32:8
"All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord God."
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Ezekiel 43:2
"Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory."
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Daniel 2:22
"he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him."
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Daniel 5:11
"There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners;"
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Daniel 5:14
"I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and extraordinary wisdom are found in you."
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Daniel 10:6
"His body was like beryl, and his face like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude."
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Daniel 12:3
"And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever."
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Zechariah 14:6
"It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost."
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Zechariah 14:7
"It will be a unique day which is known to the Lord; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light."
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Matthew 4:16
"the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.""
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Matthew 10:27
"What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops."
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Matthew 13:43
"Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear."
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Matthew 17:2
"He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light."
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Matthew 17:5
"While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.""
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Matthew 22:5
"But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,"
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Matthew 24:27
"For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man."
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Matthew 24:29
"But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;"
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Matthew 25:1
""Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom."
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Matthew 25:8
"The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'"
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Mark 4:22
"For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light."
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Mark 13:24
"But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,"
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Mark 14:54
"Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire."
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Luke 1:79
"to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.""
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Luke 2:32
"a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.""
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Luke 11:33
""No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light."
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Luke 11:34
"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness."
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Luke 11:36
"If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.""
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Luke 12:3
"Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops."
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Luke 15:8
"Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?"
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Luke 16:8
""His lord commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, more shrewd than the sons of light."
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Luke 17:24
"for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day."
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Luke 22:56
"A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him.""
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John 11:9
"Jesus answered, "Are not there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world."
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John 11:10
"But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.""
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John 12:35
"Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going."
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John 12:36
"While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them."
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John 12:46
"I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness."
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Acts 10:30
"Cornelius said, "Four days ago until this hour, the ninth hour, I was praying in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,"
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Acts 12:7
"And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands."
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Acts 13:47
"For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'""
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Acts 16:29
"He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,"
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Acts 20:8
"There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together."
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Acts 22:6
"It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me."
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Acts 22:9
""Those who were with me indeed saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who spoke to me."
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Acts 22:11
"When I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus."
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Acts 26:13
"at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me."
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Acts 26:18
"to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'"
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Acts 26:23
"how the Messiah must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.""
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Acts 27:29
"Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight."
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Acts 27:38
"When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea."
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Romans 2:19
"and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,"
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Romans 13:12
"The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let us therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light."
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2 Corinthians 4:4
"in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to prevent the light shining from the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."
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Ephesians 1:18
"having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,"
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Ephesians 5:9
"for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,"
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Philippians 2:15
"that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,"
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1 Timothy 6:16
"who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen."
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2 Timothy 1:10
"but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News."
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Hebrews 10:32
"But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;"
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Hebrews 12:5
"and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, do not take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;"
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1 John 1:7
"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."
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Revelation 1:13
"And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest."
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Revelation 1:20
"the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lampstands are seven churches."
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Revelation 11:4
"These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth."
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Revelation 11:19
"God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed."
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Revelation 15:6
"The seven angels came out of the temple who had the seven plagues, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their chests."
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Revelation 16:18
"There were lightnings, voices, and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty."
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Revelation 18:23
"The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived."
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Revelation 19:8
"It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints."
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Revelation 21:11
"having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;"
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Revelation 21:23
"The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb."
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Revelation 21:24
"The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring their splendor into it."
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Revelation 22:5
"There will no longer be any night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever."
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Revelation 22:16
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.""
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