Matthew 5:15
Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
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Referenced Verses
- Mark 4:21 : 21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
- Luke 8:16 : 16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
- Luke 11:33 : 33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
- Exod 25:37 : 37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
- Num 8:2 : 2 "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
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- Luke 11:33-364 verses90%
33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
- Luke 8:16-172 verses88%
16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
17 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
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16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- Mark 4:21-222 verses87%
21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
22 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
- Matt 5:13-142 verses86%
13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
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35 "Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
- John 12:35-362 verses72%
35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
- Luke 12:2-32 verses72%
2 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.
3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
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27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
- Job 18:5-62 verses71%
5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.
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9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
- Matt 6:22-232 verses70%
22 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
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13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
- John 3:19-202 verses70%
19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
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10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
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46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
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35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
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5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
- 1 Thess 5:4-52 verses69%
4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.
5 You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
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31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
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14 the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light;
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24 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.
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5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
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20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
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4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."
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4 For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."
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37 the pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,
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15 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.
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37 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
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6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
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8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
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43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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8 Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?