Genesis 1:3

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Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.

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  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • John 1:5 : 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
  • Isa 60:19 : 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.
  • Ps 148:5 : 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He commanded, and they were created.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
  • John 3:19 : 19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
  • Job 38:19 : 19 Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,
  • Job 36:30 : 30 Behold, He spreads His light over it and covers the depths of the sea.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 The Lord is God, and He has made His light shine upon us. Bind the festival offering with cords to the horns of the altar.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:4-28
    25 verses
    87%

    4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

    6Then God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.'

    7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

    8God called the vault 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

    9Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so.

    10God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters he called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good.

    11Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds, on the earth.' And it was so.

    12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

    13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

    14Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,

    15and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so.

    16God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

    17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

    18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

    19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

    20Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'

    21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teem, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

    22God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'

    23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

    24Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living beings according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.' And it was so.

    25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

    26Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

    27So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'

  • Gen 1:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

  • John 1:1-6
    6 verses
    78%

    1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2He was in the beginning with God.

    3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not a single thing came into being that has come into existence.

    4In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind.

    5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • Jer 4:23
    76%

    23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.

  • 1 John 1:5
    74%

    5This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

  • John 1:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    72%

    6For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 11:3
    71%

    3By faith we understand that the universe was formed by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

  • Heb 1:1
    70%

    1Long ago, at many times and in various ways, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets.

  • Gen 2:4
    70%

    4These are the records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

  • Gen 1:31
    69%

    31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

  • 2 Pet 3:5
    69%

    5For they deliberately ignore this fact: that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.

  • Gen 2:1
    68%

    1So the heavens, the earth, and everything in them were completed.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    68%

    13From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth.

  • Gen 11:1
    68%

    1Now the whole earth had one language and a common speech.

  • 1 John 1:1
    68%

    1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have observed and our hands have touched, concerning the Word of life—

  • Heb 1:10
    68%

    10'In the beginning, Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.'

  • Gen 5:1
    68%

    1This is the record of the generations of Adam. When God created mankind, He made them in the likeness of God.