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and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
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So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
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Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
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He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
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All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign Lord.
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He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.
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The Day of the Lord
Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light.
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Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light— pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?
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Israel Will Rise
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
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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.”
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But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness.
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See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.
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I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
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Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
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to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
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The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
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For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
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Warning Against Idolatry
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
