John 12:35

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Then 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.

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  • John 16:16 : 16 A little while, and you will no longer see me; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
  • John 7:33 : 33 Then Jesus said, 'I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.'
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then 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."
  • Jer 13:16-17 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness. 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  • John 11:10 : 10 'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'
  • 1 John 1:6-7 : 6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 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. 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But 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.
  • John 12:36 : 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.
  • John 12:39-40 : 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."
  • Eph 5:14-15 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." 15 Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.
  • 1 Thess 5:5-8 : 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened. 8 As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." 9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them." 10 "Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
  • Rom 13:12-14 : 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
  • John 1:5-9 : 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. 8 He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 9 The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
  • John 9:4-5 : 4 'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.' 5 'While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.'
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap. 24 Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble. 25 Pour out your indignation on them, and let your fierce anger overtake them. 26 Let their encampments be desolate; may no one dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute those you have struck, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded. 28 Add guilt to their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations. 7 To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out from the dungeon, and to release those who dwell in darkness from their confinement.

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  • John 12:36
    88%

    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 8:12
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    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."

  • John 11:9-10
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    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.'

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

    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
    78%

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

  • Eph 5:8
    77%

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

  • John 13:33
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    33'Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you: Where I am going, you cannot come.'

  • John 9:4-5
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    4'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.'

    5'While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.'

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

  • John 3:19-21
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    19This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

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    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.

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  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    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.

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  • Isa 9:2
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    14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

    16In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

  • John 16:16-19
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    16A little while, and you will no longer see me; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father.

    17Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean by saying, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me,” and “because I am going to the Father”?'

    18They said, 'What does he mean by “a little while”? We do not know what he is talking about.'

    19Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, 'Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me”?'

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    33Then Jesus said, 'I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.'

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    35Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning.

  • Matt 4:16
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    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.

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

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    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.

  • Matt 6:23
    72%

    23But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • 1 John 2:8
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    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.

  • Luke 8:16
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    16No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they set it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see the light.

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

  • John 14:19
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    19In a little while, the world will see me no longer, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

  • John 8:21
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    21Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

  • Prov 4:18-19
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    18The path of the righteous is like the morning light, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.

    19The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

  • John 1:9
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    9The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

  • Rom 13:12
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    12The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

  • 1 John 2:11
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    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 5:14
    71%

    14Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

  • Ps 139:12
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    12even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

  • Luke 17:23-24
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    23People will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.

    24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.