Bible Verses About Light

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

God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. So there was evening, and there was morning, one day.

God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to divide the day from the night; let them be for signs, seasons, days and years;

and let them be for lights in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth”; and that is how it was.

God made the two great lights — the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night — and the stars.

God put them in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth,

"Arise, shine [Yerushalayim], for your light has come, the glory of ADONAI has risen over you.

For although darkness covers the earth and thick darkness the peoples; on you ADONAI will rise; over you will be seen his glory.

Nations will go toward your light and kings toward your shining splendor.

"No more will the sun be your light by day, nor will moonlight shine on you; instead ADONAI will be your light forever and your God your glory.

No longer will your sun go down; your moon will no longer wane; for ADONAI will be your light forever; your days of mourning will end.

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

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

He came to be a testimony, to bear witness concerning the light; so that through him, everyone might put his trust in God and be faithful to him.

He himself was not that light; no, he came to bear witness concerning the light.

This was the true light, which gives light to everyone entering the world.

“Now this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light. Why? Because their actions were wicked.

For everyone who does evil things hates the light and avoids it, so that his actions won’t be exposed.

But everyone who does what is true comes to the light, so that all may see that his actions are accomplished through God.”

Yeshua said to them, “The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, or the dark will overtake you; he who walks in the dark doesn’t know where he’s going.

While you have the light, put your trust in the light, so that you may become people of light.” Yeshua said these things, then went off and kept himself hidden from them.