Matthew 6:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Luke 11:34-36 : 34 The 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. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness. 36 If 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.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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  • Luke 11:33-36
    4 verses
    94%

    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.

    34 The 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.

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

    36 If 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 6:23-25
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    91%

    23 But 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!

    24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

    25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

  • Matt 6:21
    79%

    21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Mark 9:47
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    47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire;

  • Matt 18:9
    77%

    9 And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

  • Matt 5:28-30
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    77%

    28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

    30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

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

    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.

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41 And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?

    42 Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

  • Prov 4:25
    72%

    25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

  • Luke 12:34-35
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    34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    72%

    16 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.

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

  • Prov 15:30
    71%

    30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones healthy.

  • Matt 13:16
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    16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • Matt 7:3-5
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    3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

    4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye?

    5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

  • 1 Cor 12:16-17
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    70%

    16 And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

    17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

  • John 8:12
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    12 Then 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.

  • John 9:41
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    41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    69%

    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.

  • Eccl 11:7
    69%

    7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.

  • Luke 6:45
    69%

    45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35 Then 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.

    36 While 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.

  • Luke 6:39
    69%

    39 And he spoke a parable to them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

  • Matt 6:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

  • John 9:5
    68%

    5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • John 12:46
    68%

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

  • Prov 4:21
    68%

    21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.

  • Matt 6:4
    68%

    4 that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  • Matt 20:33
    68%

    33 They said to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.

  • 1 John 1:6
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    6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

  • Mark 4:21
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    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?

  • Matt 6:33
    68%

    33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.