Genesis 1:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

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  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • John 1:5 : 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create calamity: I the LORD do all these things.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
  • Ps 148:5 : 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He commanded and they were created.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood firm.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.
  • John 3:19 : 19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:
  • Job 38:19 : 19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,
  • Job 36:30 : 30 Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 God is the LORD, who has shown us light; bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:4-28
    25 verses
    87%

    4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

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

    6And God said, Let there be a sky in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.

    7And God made the sky and separated the waters which were under the sky from the waters which were above the sky; and it was so.

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

    9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

    10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.

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

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

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

    14And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.

    15And let them be for lights in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

    16And 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.

    17And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

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

    20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.

    21And God created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

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

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

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so.

    25And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    26And 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 birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

    27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

    28And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

  • Gen 1:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

  • John 1:1-6
    6 verses
    78%

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

    2The same was in the beginning with God.

    3All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.

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

    5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • Jer 4:23
    76%

    23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was formless and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  • 1 John 1:5
    74%

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

  • John 1:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    72%

    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 11:3
    71%

    3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

  • Heb 1:1
    70%

    1God, who at various times and in different manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets,

  • Gen 2:4
    70%

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

  • Gen 1:31
    69%

    31And God saw everything that He had made, and they were very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  • 2 Pet 3:5
    69%

    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

  • Gen 2:1
    68%

    1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    68%

    13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

  • Gen 11:1
    68%

    1And the whole earth had one language and one speech.

  • 1 John 1:1
    68%

    1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life;

  • Heb 1:10
    68%

    10And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands:

  • Gen 5:1
    68%

    1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;