Genesis 1:4

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

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  • Gen 1:18 : 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:12 : 12 The 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.
  • Eccl 2:13 : 13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
  • Gen 1:10 : 10 God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters he called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:25 : 25 God 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.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

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  • Gen 1:5-27
    23 verses
    92%

    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.

  • Gen 1:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    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.

    3Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.

  • Gen 1:31
    75%

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

  • John 1:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Jer 4:23
    73%

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

  • 1 John 1:5
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    71%

    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.

  • John 1:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,'

    12even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

  • Gen 2:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creation that He had done.

    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.

  • Exod 14:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20It came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. There was a cloud and darkness, yet it lit up the night, and neither side approached the other all night long.

    21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind all night and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided.

  • Ps 74:16
    67%

    16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the light and the sun.

  • Eccl 11:7
    67%

    7Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

  • Job 17:12
    67%

    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

  • Ps 104:20
    67%

    20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals of the forest come out.

  • Ps 19:1
    67%

    1For the choirmaster: A psalm of David.