Psalms 18:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you will light my lamp: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

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  • Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
  • Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a lamp for My anointed.
  • Job 29:3 : 3 When His lamp shone upon my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 Unto the upright, there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, full of compassion, and righteous.
  • Prov 20:27 : 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way they do not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines forth like brightness, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The 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.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
  • 1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.
  • 2 Sam 22:29 : 29 For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 22:28-30
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    93%

    28And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down.

    29For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

    30For by you I have run through a troop: by my God I have leaped over a wall.

  • Job 29:3
    80%

    3When His lamp shone upon my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    78%

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

    12Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  • Ps 18:29
    78%

    29For by you I have run through a troop; and by my God I have leaped over a wall.

  • Ps 27:1
    77%

    1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  • Mic 7:8
    75%

    8Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    75%

    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.

  • Lam 3:2
    74%

    2He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

  • Jer 13:16
    74%

    16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

  • Job 23:17
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    17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor has he covered the darkness from my face.

  • Ps 18:27
    74%

    27For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.

  • Ps 119:105
    74%

    105NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

  • Ps 118:27-28
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    73%

    27God is the LORD, who has shown us light; bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

    28You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You.

  • Ps 56:13
    73%

    13For you have delivered my soul from death; will you not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

  • Ps 36:9
    73%

    9For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light.

  • Job 22:28
    73%

    28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you, and light shall shine upon your ways.

  • Ps 43:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2For you are the God of my strength; why do you cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

    3O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your tabernacles.

  • Job 19:8
    73%

    8He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths.

  • Ps 18:35-36
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    73%

    35You have also given me the shield of your salvation: your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great.

    36You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet did not slip.

  • 2 Sam 22:37
    72%

    37You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

  • Ps 116:8
    72%

    8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

  • Isa 60:19
    72%

    19The 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.

  • Job 17:12
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    12They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Ps 18:1-2
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    1I will love you, O LORD, my strength.

    2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Ps 112:4
    72%

    4Unto the upright, there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, full of compassion, and righteous.

  • Isa 60:2
    71%

    2For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.

  • Ezek 32:8
    71%

    8All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.

  • Ps 3:3
    71%

    3But you, O LORD, are a shield for me; my glory and the lifter of my head.

  • Ps 18:39
    71%

    39For you have girded me with strength for the battle: you have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

  • Ps 31:7
    71%

    7I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;

  • Ps 4:6
    71%

    6There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.

  • Ps 30:11
    71%

    11You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness;

  • Ps 132:17
    71%

    17There I will make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a lamp for My anointed.

  • Ps 119:28
    71%

    28My soul melts from heaviness; strengthen me according to Your word.

  • Ps 28:7
    71%

    7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.

  • Job 22:11
    71%

    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

  • Ps 143:3
    71%

    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Job 10:22
    71%

    22A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • Ps 18:32
    71%

    32It is God who girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect.

  • Ps 104:20
    71%

    20You make darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

  • Ps 31:16
    71%

    16Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me for your mercies' sake.