Revelation 21:23

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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  • Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
  • Rev 21:11 : 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Hab 3:3 : 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
  • Rev 21:25 : 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
  • Acts 22:11 : 11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
  • John 5:23 : 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
  • Isa 2:10 : 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
  • Isa 2:19 : 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
  • Isa 2:21 : 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

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