Matthew 5:14

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You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

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  • Phil 2:15 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverted generation. Among them, you shine as lights in the world,
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • Eph 5:8-9 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.) 10 Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of what they do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is made visible is light. 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the righteous is like the morning light, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.
  • 1 Thess 5:5 : 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.
  • John 5:35 : 35 John was a lamp that burned and shone, and for a time, you were willing to rejoice in his light.
  • Rom 2:19-20 : 19 and are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the form of knowledge and truth—
  • 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write: These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:
  • Rev 21:14-27 : 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city was laid out as a square; its length was as great as its width. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand stadia. Its length, width, and height were equal. 17 He measured its wall to be one hundred forty-four cubits, by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as clear as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates will never be shut by day, and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Gen 11:4-8 : 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth." 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building. 6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Now nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them." 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

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    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.

  • Matt 5:11-13
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    11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

    13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.

  • 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.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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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.

    17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor is anything concealed that will not be known and brought to light.

  • Mark 4:21-22
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    21He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand?

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

  • Matt 10:26-27
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    26So do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

    27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.

  • John 12:35-36
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    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 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."

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    2There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

    3Whatever you spoke in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    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!

  • Phil 2:15
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    15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverted generation. Among them, you shine as lights in the world,

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

  • 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.

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

  • Luke 12:35
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    35Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning.

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

  • Luke 17:24
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    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.

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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.

  • Eph 5:13-14
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    13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is made visible is light.

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

  • Luke 14:34
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    34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

  • Matt 13:43
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    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone who has ears listen!

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    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.

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    4'For no one does anything in secret while seeking to be known publicly. If You are doing these things, reveal Yourself to the world.'

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    5If people do not welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.

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    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.

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    1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

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    48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • Mark 9:50
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    50Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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

  • Matt 10:18
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    18You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.

  • 1 John 4:5
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    5They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

  • John 3:19
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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.