Psalm 18:28
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28 It is you who light my lamp;
the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.(A)
Job 29:3
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3 when his lamp shone over my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,(A)
Isaiah 42:16
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16 I will lead the blind
by a road they do not know;
by paths they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not forsake them.(A)
2 Samuel 22:29
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29 Indeed, you are my lamp, O Lord;
the Lord lightens my darkness.(A)
Luke 1:79
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79 to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”(A)
Psalm 112:4
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4 They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;
they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.(A)
Job 18:6
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6 The light is dark in their tent,
and the lamp above them is put out.
1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)
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- 2.9 Gk a people for his possession
Matthew 4:16
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16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.”(A)
Isaiah 62:1
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The Vindication and Salvation of Zion
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn
and her salvation like a burning torch.(A)
Proverbs 20:27
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27 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
searching every inmost part.(A)
Psalm 132:17
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17 There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.(A)
1 Kings 11:36
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36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.(A)
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1 Kings 15:4
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4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem,(A)
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