Revelation 21:23

American Standard Version (1901)

And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.

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  • Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
  • Rev 21:11 : 11 having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Hab 3:3 : 3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. {{Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.
  • Rev 21:25 : 25 And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):
  • Acts 22:11 : 11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me I came into Damascus.
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
  • John 1:9 : 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .
  • John 5:23 : 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. [
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
  • Isa 2:10 : 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.
  • Isa 2:19 : 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. [
  • Isa 2:21 : 21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

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  • Rev 21:21-22
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    21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

    22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.

  • Rev 21:24-27
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    84%

    24And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.

    25And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

    26and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:

    27and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.

  • Rev 22:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

    2in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve [manner of] fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

    3And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him;

    4and they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] on their foreheads.

    5And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  • Rev 21:9-12
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    9And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

    10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

    11having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

    12having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

  • Isa 60:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

    20Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  • Rev 21:1-4
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    1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

    2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

    3And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [ [and be] their God:

    4and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

  • 18And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.

  • Rev 7:15-17
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    71%

    15Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.

    16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:

    17for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

  • Rev 21:14-16
    3 verses
    70%

    14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

    15And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

    16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

  • 26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  • 24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

  • 23and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

  • 10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

  • 1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

  • 1After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

  • 5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

  • 36If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

  • 5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  • 18And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

  • 14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

  • 14Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

  • 3And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

  • 7Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

  • Zech 14:6-7
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    67%

    6And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:

    7but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

  • 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

  • 1And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

  • 6Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • 23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.

  • 29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  • 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.