John 1:5

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

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  • John 3:19-20 : 19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 12:36-40 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." Jesus said this, then went away and was hidden from them. 37 Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 They are among those who rebel against the light; they do not recognize its ways nor stay on its paths. 14 At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief. 15 The adulterer waits for twilight, saying, 'No one will see me,' and he disguises his face. 16 In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light. 17 For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my correction.
  • John 1:10 : 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    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.

  • John 1:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

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

    7He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

    8He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

    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.

    11He came to His own, but His own people did not receive Him.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

    6If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

    20For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

    21But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Jesus answered, 'Aren't there twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he won't stumble, because he sees by this world's light.'

    10'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." Jesus said this, then went away and was hidden from them.

  • John 1:14
    75%

    14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

  • Gen 1:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

    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.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Matt 4:16
    74%

    16The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned upon them.

  • Isa 9:2
    74%

    2You have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.

  • John 5:35
    74%

    35John was a lamp that burned and shone, and for a time, you were willing to rejoice in his light.

  • John 8:12
    74%

    12Then 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."

  • 1 John 1:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    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—

    2the life was made visible, and we have seen it, and we testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us—

    3what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

  • Luke 1:79
    74%

    79to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    73%

    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.

  • Luke 11:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

    36So if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.

  • John 12:46
    73%

    46I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

  • 1 John 2:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Yet 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.

    9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.

  • John 1:18
    72%

    18No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

    5You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

  • Eph 5:8
    71%

    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

  • 1 John 2:11
    71%

    11But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

  • Eph 5:13
    70%

    13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is made visible is light.

  • John 1:31
    70%

    31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.

  • Job 10:22
    70%

    22A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

  • Job 17:12
    70%

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

  • Gen 1:15
    70%

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