Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About being a light
13 key scriptures
Discover 13 powerful Bible verses about being a light. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential character & virtues topic.
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| Translation | Key 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.”
Matthew 5:14KJV
“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.”
John 8:12KJV
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16KJV
“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.”
Acts 13:47KJV
“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”
1 Peter 2:9KJV
“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.”
Luke 8:16KJV
“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.”
1 John 1:5KJV
“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”
John 1:5KJV
“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;”
Isaiah 42:6KJV
“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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