Leviticus 24:2
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2 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For God, who said, (A)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (B)has shone in our hearts to give (C)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 5:8-14
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8 for (A)at one time you were (B)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. (C)Walk as children of light 9 (for (D)the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and (E)try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 (F)Take no part in the (G)unfruitful (H)works of darkness, but instead (I)expose them. 12 For (J)it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But when (K)anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, 14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
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Exodus 27:20-21
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Oil for the Lamp
20 (A)“You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. 21 (B)In the tent of meeting, (C)outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
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Philippians 2:15-16
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15 that you may be blameless and innocent, (A)children of God (B)without blemish (C)in the midst of (D)a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine (E)as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to (F)the word of life, so that in (G)the day of Christ (H)I may be proud that (I)I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
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Ephesians 1:17-18
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17 that (A)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, (B)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 (C)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is (D)the hope to which he has called you, what are (E)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
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John 8:12
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I Am the Light of the World
12 (A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever (C)follows me will not (D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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John 5:35
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35 He was a burning and (A)shining lamp, and (B)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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John 1:9
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9 (A)The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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John 1:4
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4 (A)In him was life,[a] and (B)the life was the light of men.
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- John 1:4 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him
Luke 12:35
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You Must Be Ready
35 (A)“Stay dressed for action[a] and (B)keep your lamps burning,
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- Luke 12:35 Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11
Luke 1:79
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79 to (A)give light to (B)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into (C)the way of (D)peace.”
Matthew 25:1-8
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins
25 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like (A)ten virgins who took their lamps[a] and went to meet (B)the bridegroom.[b] 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were (C)wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom (D)was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But (E)at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all those virgins rose and (F)trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
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- Matthew 25:1 Or torches
- Matthew 25:1 Some manuscripts add and the bride
Matthew 5:16
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16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so (A)that[a] they may see your good works and (B)give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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- Matthew 5:16 Or house. 16Let your light so shine before others that
Matthew 4:16
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16 (A)the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and (B)shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”
Isaiah 11:2
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2 And (A)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
Isaiah 8:20
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20 (A)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no (B)dawn.
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Proverbs 6:23
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23 For the commandment is (A)a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the (B)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Psalm 119:130
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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts (A)understanding to the simple.
Psalm 119:105
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2 Chronicles 13:11
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11 They offer to the Lord (A)every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out (B)the showbread on the table of pure gold, (C)and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may (D)burn every evening. For we (E)keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
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1 Samuel 3:3-4
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3 (A)The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down (B)in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
4 Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, “Here I am!”
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Numbers 8:2-4
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2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.” 3 And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 And (A)this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
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Exodus 40:24
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24 (A)He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,
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