And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off

You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

Oil for the Lamp

“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.

oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.

And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.

“And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels.”

“Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”

The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”

And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was light.

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

Now then rise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who came with you, and start early in the morning, and depart as soon as you have light.”

So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.

And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.

For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs.

And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.

This is a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will also give the Moabites into your hand,

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household.”

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs.

By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.

you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go.

The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.

Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it.

Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning,

Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness.”

He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.

They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.

The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.

You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.

The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.

Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?

He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.

But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.’

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.

Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.

He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.

He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.

Do you know how God lays his command upon them and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

“And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.

From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,

What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?

His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.

There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!

Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.

For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.

He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land.

He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!

Nun

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,”

even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

In the light of a king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light.

Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

“I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that 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 do, and I do not forsake them.

I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

“Give attention to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go out from me, and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

The Future Glory of Israel

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.

Because she took her whoredom lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree.

I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.

They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.

Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name:

When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

And the living creatures darted to and fro, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their nose.

sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! (Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)

that their hearts may melt, and many stumble. At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; it is taken up for slaughter.

“And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—

When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God.

he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.

Let Justice Roll Down

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light,

Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?

Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.

The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning.

His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.

The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.

The Lord Will Save His People

Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.

On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost.

And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.