Bible Verses About Hide Your Light Under a Bushel
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for hide your light under a bushel, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,131 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 Hide Your Light Under a Bushel
Matthew 5:14-16273 votes
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Mark 4:21127 votes
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
Matthew 5:16102 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:1466 votes
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Matthew 5:1561 votes
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Luke 11:3360 votes
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
Mark 16:1541 votes
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Luke 8:1637 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.
Isaiah 49:633 votes
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Luke 11:3624 votes
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Matthew 5:1-4819 votes
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
John 5:3519 votes
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Matthew 6:1-3417 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
John 8:1217 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.
Galatians 5:22-2317 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians 5:1316 votes
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
James 2:1816 votes
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Revelation 1:116 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
1 John 1:715 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.
Exodus 25:3713 votes
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
Psalms 40:1013 votes
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
John 3:2013 votes
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
1 Corinthians 1:1-3113 votes
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
Philippians 2:1513 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;
Matthew 4:1-2512 votes
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
What does the Bible say about hide your light under a bushel?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:14-16 on the subject of hide your light under a bushel. Across 1,131 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 4:21, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.