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What Does the Bible Say About Being a Light?

Here are 14 Bible verses about Being a Light, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Matthew 5:14-16

    Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

    BSBYou are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 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. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

  2. #2John 8:12

    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.

    BSBOnce again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  3. #3Matthew 5:16

    Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

    BSBIn the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

  4. #4Acts 13:47

    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.

    BSBFor this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

  5. #5Ephesians 5:8

    For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

    BSBFor you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

  6. #61 Peter 2:9

    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:

    BSBBut you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

  7. #7Luke 8:16

    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.

    BSBNo 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.

  8. #8Matthew 5:14

    Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

    BSBYou are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

  9. #91 John 1:5

    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.

    BSBAnd this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

  10. #10Psalms 119:105

    נ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

    BSBYour word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

  11. #11Proverbs 6:23

    For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

    BSBFor this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

  12. #12John 1:5

    And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

    BSBThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

  13. #13Isaiah 42:6

    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;

    BSB“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

  14. #14Philippians 2:15-16

    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; Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

    BSBso that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

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