Luke 8:16

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Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 11:33 : 33 Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
  • Mark 4:21-22 : 21 The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand? 22 For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.
  • Matt 5:15-16 : 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world 16 by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 1 To the Church in Ephesus“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand– the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
  • Rev 11:4 : 4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.)

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 11:33-36
    4 verses
    91%

    33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

    36If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    88%

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

    15People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

    16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

  • Mark 4:21-22
    2 verses
    87%

    21The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?

    22For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.

  • Luke 8:17
    84%

    17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

  • Luke 12:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

    3So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

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

    10But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

  • Eph 5:13
    73%

    13But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.

  • Prov 13:9
    72%

    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

    20For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

    21But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

  • Luke 8:15
    72%

    15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

  • Luke 12:35
    72%

    35Call to Faithful Stewardship“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;

  • Matt 6:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

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

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Job 24:16
    71%

    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

  • Matt 10:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Fear God, Not Man“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

    27What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

  • John 8:12
    70%

    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    70%

    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

  • John 12:46
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:20
    70%

    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Matt 25:4
    69%

    4But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.

  • Matt 9:16
    69%

    16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

  • John 7:4
    69%

    4For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

  • Exod 40:4
    69%

    4You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

  • Luke 17:24
    69%

    24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Num 4:9
    69%

    9“They must take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.

  • Num 8:2
    69%

    2“Speak to Aaron and tell him,‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.’”

  • John 1:9
    69%

    9The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

  • Exod 39:37
    69%

    37the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;

  • Exod 35:14
    68%

    14the lampstand for the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light;

  • John 1:5
    68%

    5And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

  • Exod 25:37
    68%

    37“You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.

  • Matt 4:16
    68%

    16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

  • 2 Pet 1:19
    68%

    19Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

  • Eph 5:8
    68%

    8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

  • Prov 20:20
    68%

    20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.