Isaiah 60:2
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2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
Colossians 1:13
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13 He has delivered us from (A)the power of darkness (B)and [a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
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- Colossians 1:13 transferred
Acts 17:30-31
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30 Truly, (A)these times of ignorance God overlooked, but (B)now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which (C)He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by (D)raising Him from the dead.”
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1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;
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2 Corinthians 4:4-6
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4 whose minds (A)the god of this age (B)has blinded, who do not believe, lest (C)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, (D)who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5 (E)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (F)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God (G)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (H)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 3:18
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18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding (A)as in a mirror (B)the glory of the Lord, (C)are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as [a]by the Spirit of the Lord.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or from the Lord, the Spirit
Romans 1:21-32
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21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but (A)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the (C)incorruptible (D)God into an image made like [a]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 (E)Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, (F)to dishonor their bodies (G)among themselves, 25 who exchanged (H)the truth of God (I)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to (J)vile passions. For even their [b]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the [c]men, leaving the natural use of the [d]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (K)which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [e]sexual immorality, wickedness, [f]covetousness, [g]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 [h]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, [i]unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, (L)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things (M)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also (N)approve of those who practice them.
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- Romans 1:23 perishable
- Romans 1:26 Lit. females
- Romans 1:27 Lit. males
- Romans 1:27 Lit. female
- Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
- Romans 1:29 greed
- Romans 1:29 malice
- Romans 1:31 without understanding
- Romans 1:31 NU omits unforgiving
Malachi 4:2
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2 But to you who (A)fear My name
The (B)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
Ephesians 4:17-20
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The New Man
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should (A)no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the (B)blindness of their heart; 19 (C)who, being past feeling, (D)have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But you have not so learned Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:17 NU omits the rest of
Acts 26:18
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18 (A)to open their eyes, in order (B)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (C)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (D)an inheritance among those who are (E)sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:18 set apart
Acts 17:23
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23 for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:
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Acts 14:16
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16 (A)who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.
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John 8:55
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55 Yet (A)you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and (B)keep His word.
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John 1:18
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18 (A)No one has seen God at any time. (B)The only begotten [a]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
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- John 1:18 NU God
Haggai 2:7-9
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7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to (A)the [a]Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this [b]temple with (B)glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. 8 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts. 9 (C)‘The glory of this latter [c]temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give (D)peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”
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- Haggai 2:7 Or desire of all nations
- Haggai 2:7 Lit. house
- Haggai 2:9 Lit. house
Ezekiel 10:4
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4 (A)Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the [a]temple; and (B)the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s (C)glory.
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- Ezekiel 10:4 Lit. house
Numbers 16:19
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19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then (A)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
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Leviticus 9:23
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23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people,
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Hebrews 1:2-3
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2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the [a]worlds; 3 (A)who being the brightness of His glory and the express (B)image of His person, and (C)upholding all things by the word of His power, (D)when He had [b]by Himself [c]purged [d]our sins, (E)sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
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- Hebrews 1:2 Or ages, Gr. aiones, aeons
- Hebrews 1:3 NU omits by Himself
- Hebrews 1:3 cleansed
- Hebrews 1:3 NU omits our
Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone. (A)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
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Jeremiah 13:16
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16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes (B)darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are (C)looking for light,
He turns it into (D)the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.
Psalm 80:1
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Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the Chief Musician. (A)Set to [a]“The Lilies.” A [b]Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
(B)You who lead Joseph (C)like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, (D)shine forth!
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- Psalm 80:1 Heb. Shoshannim
- Psalm 80:1 Heb. Eduth
1 Kings 8:11
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11 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the (A)glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
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