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Top 25 Bible Verses About Light (ESV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Light (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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John 8:12

#1
551 votes

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 1:5

#2
384 votes

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Psalm 119:105

#3
293 votes

Nun

105   Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.

Matthew 5:16

#4
278 votes

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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1 John 1:7

#6
270 votes

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Matthew 5:14

#7
246 votes

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Ephesians 5:8

#8
245 votes

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

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1 Peter 2:9

#10
224 votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 John 1:5

#11
207 votes

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Psalm 27:1

#12
190 votes

Of David.

27:1   The LORD is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
  The LORD is the stronghold of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

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John 12:35

#14
151 votes

35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

2 Corinthians 4:6

#15
147 votes

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

John 9:5

#16
138 votes

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

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Matthew 4:16

#18
117 votes

16   the people dwelling in darkness
    have seen a great light,
  and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
    on them a light has dawned.”

Luke 11:34

#19
117 votes

34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.

Isaiah 42:16

#20
116 votes

16   And I will lead the blind
    in a way that they do not know,
  in paths that they have not known
    I will guide them.
  I will turn the darkness before them into light,
    the rough places into level ground.
  These are the things I do,
    and I do not forsake them.

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Isaiah 58:8

#22
113 votes

  Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing shall spring up speedily;
  your righteousness shall go before you;
    the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

James 1:17

#23
107 votes

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Genesis 1:3

#24
107 votes

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

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Psalm 119:130

#26
107 votes

130   The unfolding of your words gives light;
    it imparts understanding to the simple.

Ephesians 5:14

#27
98 votes

14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

  “Awake, O sleeper,
    and arise from the dead,
  and Christ will shine on you.”

John 12:36

#28
91 votes

36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

John 1:4

#29
86 votes

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Matthew 5:14-16

#30
83 votes

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Psalm 36:9

#31
80 votes

  For with you is the fountain of life;
    in your light do we see light.

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