Luke 8:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

No man, when he has lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that those who enter in may see the light.

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  • Luke 11:33 : 33 No one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.
  • Mark 4:21-22 : 21 And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a candlestick? 22 For there is nothing hidden which shall not be manifested, nor has anything been kept secret, but that it should come to light.
  • Matt 5:15-16 : 15 Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches. 1 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;
  • Rev 11:4 : 4 These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 11:33-36
    4 verses
    91%

    33No one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.

    34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is full of light; but when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

    35Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

    36If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    88%

    14You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Mark 4:21-22
    2 verses
    87%

    21And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a candlestick?

    22For there is nothing hidden which shall not be manifested, nor has anything been kept secret, but that it should come to light.

  • Luke 8:17
    84%

    17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.

  • Luke 12:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, nor hidden that shall not be known.

    3Therefore, whatever you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

    10But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.

  • Eph 5:13
    73%

    13But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

    20Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

  • Luke 8:15
    72%

    15But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • Luke 12:35
    72%

    35Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;

  • Matt 6:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

  • Job 24:16
    71%

    16In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

  • Matt 10:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Do not fear them therefore: for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hidden that shall not be known.

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

  • John 8:12
    70%

    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    70%

    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.

  • John 12:46
    70%

    46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.

  • Prov 24:20
    70%

    20For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Matt 25:4
    69%

    4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

  • Matt 9:16
    69%

    16No man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up pulls from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

  • John 7:4
    69%

    4For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.

  • Exod 40:4
    69%

    4And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

  • Luke 17:24
    69%

    24For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Num 4:9
    69%

    9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, with which they serve it:

  • Num 8:2
    69%

    2Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.

  • John 1:9
    69%

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

  • Exod 39:37
    69%

    37The pure gold lampstand, with its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil for light,

  • Exod 35:14
    68%

    14The candlestick also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light,

  • John 1:5
    68%

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

  • Exod 25:37
    68%

    37And you shall make its seven lamps; and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.

  • Matt 4:16
    68%

    16The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up.

  • 2 Pet 1:19
    68%

    19We have also a more sure word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts:

  • Eph 5:8
    68%

    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • Prov 20:20
    68%

    20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.