This page highlights verses from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible that reflect on God's creation and use of light, illustrating the physical and metaphorical importance of light in our lives and its representation of divine goodness and truth.
"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness."
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
"The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up."
"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."
"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever."
"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."
"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee."
"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."