Scripture Folios
Genesis 1:2–3 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Chapter Related Exodus 3:2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed. Chapter Related Exodus 27:20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. Chapter Related Exodus 34:29 And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the Lord . Chapter Related Numbers 6:24–26 ‘May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’ Chapter Related Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread? Chapter Related Psalm 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. Chapter Related Psalm 89:15 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O Lord , in the light of Your presence. Chapter Related Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Chapter Related Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. Chapter Related Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord , searching out his inmost being. Chapter Related Isaiah 9:2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned. Chapter Related Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Chapter Related Isaiah 60:19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. Chapter Related Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. Chapter Related Matthew 5:14–16 You 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. Chapter Related Matthew 17:2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Chapter Related John 1:4–5 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Chapter Related John 1:9 The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. Chapter Related John 8:12 Once 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.” Chapter Related Acts 26:17–18 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’ Chapter Related 2 Corinthians 4:6–7 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 Jesus Christ. Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. Chapter Related Ephesians 5:8–9 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Chapter Related 1 Peter 2:9 But 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. Chapter Related 1 John 1:5 And 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. Chapter Related 1 John 1:7 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 cleanses us from all sin. Chapter Related Revelation 21:23–24 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. Chapter Related Revelation 22:5 There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever. Chapter Related
The first thing God says is “Let there be light,” into a darkness over the deep, and Paul says the same God has made his light shine in our hearts. Between those two sentences, light keeps marking where God is: a bush that burns and is not consumed, lamps kept burning on pressed olive oil, Moses’ face shining as he comes down the mountain, unaware of it. The blessing asks that the Lord’s face shine on you. Proverbs calls the human spirit the lamp of the Lord, and the path of the righteous grows brighter until midday. Then the light comes in person. People walking in darkness see it, the darkness has not overcome it, and whoever follows him will not walk in darkness. John says it plainly: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. Paul says we were not only in the dark but were darkness, and now are light in the Lord, a treasure carried in jars of clay. Isaiah promised a day when the sun would no longer be needed. Revelation’s city has no need of sun or moon; the Lamb is its lamp.