Luke 11:33

Webster's Bible (1833)

"No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:15-16 : 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. 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 4:21-22 : 21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket{Literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres)} or under a bed? Isn't it put on a lampstand? 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.
  • Luke 8:16-17 : 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.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
  • John 11:9 : 9 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

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  • Luke 8:16-17
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    91%

    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.

    17For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

  • Matt 5:13-16
    4 verses
    90%

    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.

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

    15Neither 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.

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

  • Mark 4:21-22
    2 verses
    86%

    21He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket{Literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres)} or under a bed? Isn't it put on a lampstand?

    22For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

  • Luke 11:34-36
    3 verses
    82%

    34The 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.

    35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

    36If 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."

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

    10But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    74%

    22"The 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 evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Luke 12:2-3
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    74%

    2But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

    3Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.

  • John 12:35-36
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    74%

    35Jesus 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.

    36While 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.

  • Prov 13:9
    73%

    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, But the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

  • John 12:46
    73%

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

  • Matt 10:27
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    27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19This 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.

    20For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

  • Luke 12:35
    72%

    35"Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that is revealed is light.

  • John 8:12
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    12Again, 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."

  • Luke 17:23-24
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    71%

    23They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

    24for 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.

  • John 1:9
    71%

    9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

  • Matt 4:16
    71%

    16The 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."

  • Luke 11:32
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    32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

  • Matt 13:43
    70%

    43Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    70%

    5"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.

  • Isa 9:2
    70%

    2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    70%

    6seeing 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.

  • John 7:4
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    4For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."

  • Eccl 11:7
    70%

    7Truly the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.

  • John 5:35
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    35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

  • John 9:5
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    5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

  • Prov 24:20
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    20For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

  • Matt 9:16
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    16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

  • John 1:5
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    5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.

  • Exod 39:37
    69%

    37the pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,

  • Job 29:3
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    3When his lamp shone on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

  • Luke 5:37
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    37No 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.

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?