Concordance

“Light” in the Bible

209 verses contain “light” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
Genesis 1:15 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
Genesis 1:17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
Genesis 1:18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Exodus 10:23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
Exodus 13:21 …uide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or…
Exodus 25:6 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
Exodus 27:20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Exodus 35:3 Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
Exodus 35:8 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
Exodus 35:14 the lampstand for light with its accessories and lamps and oil for the light;
Exodus 35:28 as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
Exodus 39:37 the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
Leviticus 24:2 “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Numbers 4:9 …y are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply…
Numbers 4:16 …eazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire…
Numbers 8:2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
Deuteronomy 25:13 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Judges 19:26 Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
1 Samuel 25:34 …le belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning…
1 Samuel 25:36 When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
1 Samuel 29:10 Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
2 Samuel 22:29 For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
2 Samuel 23:4 is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
1 Kings 18:23 …elves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the…
1 Kings 18:25 …are it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the…
2 Kings 7:9 …a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s…
2 Chronicles 13:11 …ead on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you…
Ezra 9:8 …ace. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our…
Nehemiah 9:12 You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
Esther 8:16 For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
Job 3:4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
Job 3:20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Job 10:22 to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Job 12:22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Job 12:25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Job 17:12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Job 18:6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 18:18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Job 22:28 Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Job 24:13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
Job 25:3 Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
Job 26:10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Job 28:11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
Job 29:3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
Job 29:24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
Job 30:26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Job 33:28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
Job 33:30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Job 38:15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
Job 38:19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
Job 41:18 His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Psalms 4:6 Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
Psalms 13:3 Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
Psalms 18:28 For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
Psalms 19:8 The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
Psalms 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Psalms 38:10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Psalms 43:3 Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
Psalms 44:3 … them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored…
Psalms 49:19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
Psalms 56:13 For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Psalms 76:4 You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
Psalms 78:14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
Psalms 89:15 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
Psalms 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Psalms 97:11 Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
Psalms 104:2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Psalms 105:39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
Psalms 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
Psalms 118:27 The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalms 119:130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
Psalms 136:7 He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Psalms 139:12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Proverbs 6:23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
Proverbs 29:13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
Ecclesiastes 2:13 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
Ecclesiastes 11:7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
Isaiah 2:5 Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Isaiah 5:30 In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Isaiah 9:2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
Isaiah 10:17 And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Isaiah 30:26 The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up…
Isaiah 42:6 …p you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the…
Isaiah 42:16 …l guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake…
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Isaiah 49:6 …estore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the…
Isaiah 50:10 … of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his…
Isaiah 50:11 …e a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will…
Isaiah 51:4 …for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about…
Isaiah 53:11 After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 58:8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear…
Isaiah 58:10 and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Isaiah 59:9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
Isaiah 60:3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Isaiah 60:19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
Isaiah 60:20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
Isaiah 62:1 …ot keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing…
Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
Jeremiah 7:18 The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to…
Jeremiah 13:16 …fore your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick…
Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
Jeremiah 31:35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of…
Lamentations 3:2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
Ezekiel 1:4 …great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like…
Ezekiel 1:27 … His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded…
Ezekiel 1:28 The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the…
Ezekiel 32:7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Ezekiel 32:8 All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Daniel 2:22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
Daniel 6:19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.
Amos 5:18 Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
Amos 5:20 Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
Micah 2:1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Micah 7:9 …case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His…
Zechariah 14:6 On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
Zechariah 14:7 It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
Matthew 4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 11:30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Matthew 17:2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
Matthew 24:29 …: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be…
Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.
Mark 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Luke 2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
Luke 8:16 No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
Luke 8:17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
Luke 11:33 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
Luke 11:35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

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