Psalms 18:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 18:6 : 6 The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.
  • Ps 132:17 : 17 There will I make the horne of Dauid to bud: for I haue ordeined a light for mine Anoynted.
  • Job 29:3 : 3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a light alway before me in Ierusalem the citie, which I haue chosen me, to put my Name there.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 Vnto the righteous ariseth light in darkenes: he is merciful & full of copassion & righteous.
  • Prov 20:27 : 27 The light of the Lorde is the breath of man, and searcheth all the bowels of the belly.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blinde by a way, that they knewe not, and lead them by paths that they haue not knowen: I will make darkenesse light before them, and crooked thinges straight. These thinges will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zions sake I will not holde my tongue, and for Ierusalems sake I wil not rest, vntil the righteousnes thereof breake foorth as the light, and saluation thereof as a burning lampe.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sate in darkenes, sawe great light: and to them which sate in the region, and shadowe of death, light is risen vp.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, & to guide our feete into the way of peace.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,
  • 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 But for Dauids sake did the Lorde his God giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalem,
  • 2 Sam 22:29 : 29 Surely thou art my light, O Lorde: and the Lorde will lighten my darkenes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 93%

    28 Thus thou wilt saue the poore people: but thine eyes are vpon the hautie to humble them.

    29 Surely thou art my light, O Lorde: and the Lorde will lighten my darkenes.

    30 For by thee haue I broken through an hoste, and by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall.

  • 3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shal hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.

    12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.

  • 29 For by thee I haue broken through an hoste, and by my God I haue leaped ouer a wall.

  • 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord is my light & my saluation, whom shall I feare? the Lorde is the strength of my life, of whome shall I be afraide?

  • 8 Reioyce not against me, O mine enemie: though I fall, I shall arise: when I shall sit in darkenesse, the Lord shalbe a light vnto me.

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

    6 The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

  • 2 He hath ledde mee, and brought me into darkenes, but not to light.

  • 16 Giue glory to the Lorde your God before he bring darknes, and or euer your feete stumble in the darke mountaines, and whiles you look for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death and make it as darkenesse.

  • 17 For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.

  • 27 Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lookes.

  • 105 Nvn. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.

  • Ps 118:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27 The Lorde is mightie, and hath giuen vs light: binde the sacrifice with cordes vnto the hornes of the altar.

    28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee, euen my God: therefore I will exalt thee.

  • 13 For thou hast deliuered my soule from death, and also my feete from falling, that I may walke before God in the light of the liuing.

  • 9 For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light.

  • 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shal establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.

  • Ps 43:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me away? why goe I so mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?

    3 Sende thy light and thy trueth: let them leade mee: let them bring mee vnto thine holy Mountaine and to thy Tabernacles.

  • 8 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.

  • Ps 18:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35 Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation, and thy right hand hath stayed me, and thy louing kindenes hath caused me to increase.

    36 Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder mee, and mine heeles haue not slid.

  • 37 Thou hast inlarged my steppes vnder me, and mine heeles haue not slid.

  • 8 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feete from falling.

  • 19 Thou shalt haue no more sunne to shine by day, neither shall the brightnesse of the moone shine vnto thee: for the Lord shall be thine euerlasting light, and thy God, thy glorie.

  • 12 Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.

  • 9 The light of the righteous reioyceth: but the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Ps 18:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid the seruant of the Lorde, which spake vnto the Lord the wordes of this song (in the day that the Lorde deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul) and sayd, I will loue thee dearely, O Lord my strength.

    2 The Lorde is my rocke, and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horne also of my saluation, and my refuge.

  • 4 Vnto the righteous ariseth light in darkenes: he is merciful & full of copassion & righteous.

  • 2 For beholde, darkenesse shall couer the earth, and grosse darkenesse the people: but the Lord shall arise vpon thee, and his glory shall be seene vpon thee.

  • 8 All the lightes of heauen will I make darke for thee, and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande, sayeth the Lord God.

  • 71%

    3 But thou Lorde art a buckler for me: my glory, and the lifter vp of mine head.

  • 39 For thou hast girded me with strength to battell: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me.

  • 7 I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities,

  • 71%

    6 Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lorde, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.

  • 11 Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse.

  • 17 There will I make the horne of Dauid to bud: for I haue ordeined a light for mine Anoynted.

  • 28 My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.

  • 7 The Lorde is my strength and my shielde: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therfore mine heart shall reioyce, and with my song will I praise him.

  • 11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, & abundance of waters shal couer thee.

  • 3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule: he hath smitten my life downe to the earth: he hath layde me in the darkenes, as they that haue bene dead long agoe:

  • 22 Into a land, I say, darke as darknes it selfe, and into the shadow of death, where is none order, but the light is there as darkenesse.

  • 32 God girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way vpright.

  • 20 Thou makest darkenesse, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest creepe forth.

  • 16 Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.