Genesis 1:3
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3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
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John 1:5
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5 The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.[a]
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- 1:5 Or and the darkness has not understood it.
Isaiah 45:7
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7 I create the light and make the darkness.
I send good times and bad times.
I, the Lord, am the one who does these things.
Isaiah 60:19
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19 “No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,
nor the moon to give its light by night,
for the Lord your God will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
1 John 1:5
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Living in the Light
5 This is the message we heard from Jesus[a] and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
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- 1:5 Greek from him.
Ephesians 5:8
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8 For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
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John 1:9
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9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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John 3:19
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19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
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Psalm 33:6
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6 The Lord merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
Psalm 148:5
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5 Let every created thing give praise to the Lord,
for he issued his command, and they came into being.
Psalm 33:9
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9 For when he spoke, the world began!
It appeared at his command.
Psalm 97:11
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11 Light shines on the godly,
and joy on those whose hearts are right.
1 John 2:8
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8 Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.
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Ephesians 5:14
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14 for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,
“Awake, O sleeper,
rise up from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.”
Psalm 104:2
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2 You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
Job 38:19
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19 “Where does light come from,
and where does darkness go?
1 Timothy 6:16
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16 He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen.
Psalm 118:27
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27 The Lord is God, shining upon us.
Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.
Job 36:30
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30 See how he spreads the lightning around him
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
John 11:43
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43 Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
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Matthew 8:3
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3 Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.
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