Verse 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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  • Ps 118:6 : 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So we can confidently say: 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'
  • Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will glorify Him; the God of my father, and I will exalt Him.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. 20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will come to an end.
  • Mic 7:7-8 : 7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. 8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul will be joyful in my God, for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and covered me with a robe of righteousness, like a bridegroom adorned with a headdress, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Ps 18:28 : 28 You save a humble people, but You bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
  • Ps 19:14 : 14 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
  • Ps 62:6 : 6 Truly my soul, be still before God, for my hope comes from Him.
  • Ps 18:1-2 : 1 To the director, a song of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said, "I love You, LORD, my strength."
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the LORD, the LORD Himself, is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
  • John 1:1-5 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not a single thing came into being that has come into existence. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  • Ps 62:2 : 2 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from Him.
  • Ps 46:1-2 : 1 For the choirmaster. A song of the sons of Korah, set to soprano voices. 2 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Ps 68:19-20 : 19 You have ascended on high; You have led captives in Your train; You have received gifts from people, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. 20 Blessed be the Lord! Day by day, He bears our burdens—our God is our salvation. Selah.
  • Ps 118:14-15 : 14 The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation. 15 There are shouts of joy and salvation in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the Lord does valiantly."
  • Ps 118:21 : 21 I will give you thanks, for You have answered me and have become my salvation.
  • Ps 18:46 : 46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling out of their strongholds.
  • Rev 7:10 : 10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 There will no longer be any night, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the sun, for the Lord God will give them light, and they will reign forever and ever.
  • Job 29:3 : 3 when His lamp shone upon my head, and I walked by His light through the darkness.
  • Isa 45:24 : 24 They will say of me, 'In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.' All who have raged against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
  • Isa 51:6-8 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail. 7 Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts. Do not fear the reproach of men or be dismayed by their insults. 8 For the moth will eat them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, and My salvation through all generations.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
  • Matt 8:26 : 26 He replied, 'Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?' Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
  • Luke 3:6 : 6 and all humanity will see God's salvation.
  • Ps 3:8 : 8 Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek, and you break the teeth of the wicked.
  • Ps 28:7-8 : 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I was helped. Therefore, my heart exults, and with my song I will praise him. 8 The LORD is the strength of his people, a stronghold of salvation for his anointed.
  • Ps 43:2 : 2 For You are the God of my refuge; why have You rejected me? Why must I go about mourning under the oppression of my enemy?
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 For the director of music. Of David: I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to your mountain"?
  • Ps 56:2-4 : 2 Be gracious to me, O God, for mankind pursues me; all day long an attacker oppresses me! 3 My enemies pursue me all day long; many are attacking me proudly. 4 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
  • Luke 2:30 : 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,