Genesis 1:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:18 : 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.
  • Gen 1:12 : 12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
  • Eccl 2:13 : 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 ¶ Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:
  • Gen 1:10 : 10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.
  • Gen 1:25 : 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:5-27
    23 verses
    92%

    5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

    6 ¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

    7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

    8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

    9 ¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

    10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

    11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

    12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

    13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

    14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

    15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

    16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

    17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

    19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20 ¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

    21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

    22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

    23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

    24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

    25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

    26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  • Gen 1:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

    2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

  • Gen 1:31
    75%

    31 ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  • John 1:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2 The same was in the beginning with God.

    3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

    4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

    5 ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

  • Jer 4:23
    73%

    23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

  • 1 John 1:5
    72%

    5 ¶ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    71%

    6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • John 1:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

    10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].

  • Gen 2:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

    4 ¶ These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • Exod 14:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

    21 ¶ And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided.

  • Ps 74:16
    67%

    16 The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

  • Eccl 11:7
    67%

    7 ¶ Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:

  • Job 17:12
    67%

    12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.

  • Ps 104:20
    67%

    20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].

  • Ps 19:1
    67%

    1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.