Being a light

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• Matthew 5:14–16

  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

• John 8:12

  Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

• Matthew 5:16

  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

• Acts 13:47

  For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

• Ephesians 5:8

  For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

• Luke 8:16

  No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

• Matthew 5:14

  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

• 1 John 1:5

  This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

• Psalms 119:105

  NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

• Proverbs 6:23

  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

• John 1:5

  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

• Isaiah 42:6

  I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

• Philippians 2:15–16

  That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

• John 9:5

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

• Colossians 3:17

  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

• Genesis 1:4

  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

• Psalms 27:1

  A Psalm of David. 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?

• 2 Corinthians 4:6

  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

• 1 John 1:7

  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

• James 1:17

  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

• 1 John 1:5–7

  This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

• Isaiah 60:1

  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

• Galatians 5:22–23

  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

• Matthew 5:13

  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

• Romans 13:11–14

  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. …

• Matthew 5:15

  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

• John 12:35

  Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

• Psalms 119:130

  The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

• Proverbs 4:18

  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

• John 1:9

  That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

• Genesis 1:3

  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

• Matthew 4:16

  The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

• Philippians 2:14–16

  Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14

  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

• Ephesians 5:14

  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

• Psalms 18:28

  For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:5

  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

• John 13:35

  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

• Daniel 12:3

  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.