Psalms 18:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 18:6 : 6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
  • Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.
  • Job 29:3 : 3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.
  • Prov 20:27 : 27 The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
  • 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;
  • 2 Sam 22:29 : 29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 22:28-30
    3 verses
    93%

    28 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.

    29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

    30 By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in: by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

  • Job 29:3
    80%

    3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

    12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

  • Ps 18:29
    78%

    29 By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

  • Ps 27:1
    77%

    1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

  • Mic 7:8
    75%

    8 Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    75%

    5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

  • Lam 3:2
    74%

    2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

  • Jer 13:16
    74%

    16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • Job 23:17
    74%

    17 For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

  • Ps 18:27
    74%

    27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

  • Ps 119:105
    74%

    105 <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

  • Ps 118:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27 The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.

    28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

  • Ps 56:13
    73%

    13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

  • Ps 36:9
    73%

    9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

  • Job 22:28
    73%

    28 Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.

  • Ps 43:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

    3 O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

  • Job 19:8
    73%

    8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

  • Ps 18:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

    36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

  • 2 Sam 22:37
    72%

    37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

  • Ps 116:8
    72%

    8 You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

  • Isa 60:19
    72%

    19 The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.

  • Job 17:12
    72%

    12 They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9 There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

  • Ps 18:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

    2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Ps 112:4
    72%

    4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

  • Isa 60:2
    71%

    2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.

  • Ezek 32:8
    71%

    8 All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.

  • Ps 3:3
    71%

    3 But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.

  • Ps 18:39
    71%

    39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

  • Ps 31:7
    71%

    7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

  • Ps 4:6
    71%

    6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

  • Ps 30:11
    71%

    11 By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy;

  • Ps 132:17
    71%

    17 There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.

  • Ps 119:28
    71%

    28 My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word

  • Ps 28:7
    71%

    7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

  • Job 22:11
    71%

    11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • Ps 143:3
    71%

    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

  • Job 10:22
    71%

    22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

  • Ps 18:32
    71%

    32 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

  • Ps 104:20
    71%

    20 When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

  • Ps 31:16
    71%

    16 Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.