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Top 25 Bible Verses About Light (NIV)

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

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John 8:12

#1
551 votes
12 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."

John 1:5

#2
384 votes
5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

Psalm 119:105

#3
293 votes
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

Matthew 5:16

#4
278 votes
16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
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1 John 1:7

#6
270 votes
7 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, purifies us from all sin.

Matthew 5:14

#7
246 votes
14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Ephesians 5:8

#8
245 votes
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
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1 Peter 2:9

#10
224 votes
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 John 1:5

#11
207 votes
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Psalm 27:1

#12
190 votes
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 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. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

2 Corinthians 4:6

#15
147 votes
6 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 the glory of God in the face of Christ.

John 9:5

#16
138 votes
5 While 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 living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned."

Luke 11:34

#19
117 votes
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 also is full of darkness.

Isaiah 42:16

#20
116 votes
16 I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
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Isaiah 58:8

#22
113 votes
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

James 1:17

#23
107 votes
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Genesis 1:3

#24
107 votes
3 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 gives understanding to the simple.

Ephesians 5:14

#27
98 votes
14 for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

John 12:36

#28
91 votes
36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

John 1:4

#29
86 votes
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

Matthew 5:14-16

#30
83 votes
14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Psalm 36:9

#31
80 votes
9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
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