Bible Verses About Being a Light
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a light, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,833 votes, led by Matthew 5:14-16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Light
Matthew 5:14-16492 votes
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
John 8:12398 votes
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Matthew 5:16390 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Acts 13:47254 votes
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Ephesians 5:8237 votes
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
1 Peter 2:9212 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Luke 8:16199 votes
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
Matthew 5:14183 votes
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
1 John 1:5178 votes
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Psalms 119:105136 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Proverbs 6:23123 votes
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Isaiah 42:6105 votes
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Philippians 2:15-1699 votes
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
John 1:597 votes
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 9:587 votes
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Colossians 3:1787 votes
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Genesis 1:480 votes
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Psalms 27:176 votes
The 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?
2 Corinthians 4:673 votes
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:767 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
James 1:1763 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Isaiah 60:158 votes
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
1 John 1:5-758 votes
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Matthew 5:1357 votes
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Galatians 5:22-2357 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
What does the Bible say about being a light?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:14-16 on the subject of being a light. Across 5,833 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 8:12, Matthew 5:16, Acts 13:47. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.