Daniel 2:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness,
and light dwells with him.(A)
Job 12:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 He uncovers deep things from the darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.(A)
1 John 1:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
God Is Light
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.(A)
Read full chapter
James 1:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a](A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1.17 Other ancient authorities read variation due to a shadow of turning
Hebrews 4:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.(A)
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 23:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.(A)
Read full chapter
Psalm 139:11-12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and night wraps itself around me,”[a](A)
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.(B)
Footnotes
- 139.11 Q ms: MT and the light around me become night
Psalm 25:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
and he makes his covenant known to them.(A)
Daniel 5:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 There is a man in your kingdom who is endowed with a spirit of the holy gods.[a] In the days of your father he was found to have enlightenment, understanding, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners,[b](A)
Read full chapter
1 Timothy 6:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.(A)
Read full chapter
Psalm 36:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.(A)
Genesis 41:25-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams are one and the same; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one. 27 The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind. They are seven years of famine.(A) 28 It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do.(B)
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 2:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the human heart conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—(A)
10 God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.(B) 11 For what human knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God.(C)
Read full chapter
Luke 12:2-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered and nothing secret that will not become known.(A) 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Read full chapter
Daniel 2:28-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has disclosed to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen at the end of days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed were these:(A) 29 To you, O king, as you lay in bed, came thoughts of what would be hereafter, and the revealer of mysteries disclosed to you what is to be.(B)
Read full chapter
Daniel 2:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
11 The thing that the king is asking is too difficult, and no one can reveal it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”(A)
Read full chapter
Isaiah 45:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.(A)
Ephesians 3:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 In former generations this mystery[a] was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 3.5 Gk it
1 Corinthians 4:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)
Read full chapter
John 21:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.(A)
Read full chapter
Isaiah 41:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 Let them bring them and tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they were,
so that we may consider them
and that we may know their outcome
or declare to us the things to come.(A)
Psalm 104:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)
Job 26:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Sheol is naked before God,
and Abaddon has no covering.(A)
Romans 16:25-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Final Doxology
25 Now to God[a] who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages(A) 26 but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith(B)—
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 16.25 Gk the one
John 12:45-46
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.(A) 46 I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.(B)
Read full chapterNew Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.