Character & Virtues

Bible Verses About being a light

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Discover 13 powerful Bible verses about being a light. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential character & virtues topic.

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TranslationKey Verse: Matthew 5:14
King James (KJV)Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

13 Key Scriptures

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: peculiar: or, purchased praises: or, virtues
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. lamp: or, candle
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: lamp: or, candle
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; harmless: or, sincere ye shine: or, shine ye

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