Genesis 1:3
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3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.(A)
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For it is the 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 Christ.(A)
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John 1:5
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5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
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Isaiah 45:7
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7 I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.(A)
Isaiah 60:19
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God the Glory of Zion
19 The sun shall no longer be
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give light to you by night,[a]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.(A)
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- 60.19 Q ms Gk OL Tg: MT lacks by night
1 John 1:5
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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)
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Ephesians 5:8
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8 for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,(A)
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John 1:9
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9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)
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- 1.9 Or He was the true light that enlightens everyone coming into the world
John 3:19
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19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A)
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Psalm 33:6
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6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made
and all their host by the breath of his mouth.(A)
Psalm 148:5
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5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for he commanded and they were created.(A)
Psalm 33:9
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9 for he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.(A)
Psalm 97:11
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- 97.11 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb is sown
1 John 2:8
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8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because[a] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.(A)
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- 2.8 Or that
Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
Psalm 104:2
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2 wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)
Job 38:19
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19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
1 Timothy 6:16
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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)
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Psalm 118:27
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27 The Lord is God,
and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
up to the horns of the altar.[a](A)
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- 118.27 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 36:30
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30 See, he scatters his lightning around him
and covers the roots of the sea.
John 11:43
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43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
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Matthew 8:3
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3 He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be made clean!” Immediately his skin disease was cleansed.
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