Genesis 1:3

God's Word

Then God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light.

Cross References

Genesis 2:4

This is the account of heaven and earth when they were created, at the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven.

Job 36:30

Look, he scatters his flashes of lightning around him and covers the depths of the sea.

Job 38:19

“What is the way to the place where light lives? Where is the home of darkness

Psalm 104:2

You cover yourself with light as though it were a robe. You stretch out the heavens as though they were curtains.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, and he has given us light. March in a festival procession with branches to the horns of the altar.

Psalm 148:5

Let them praise the name of the Lord because they were created by his command.

Psalm 33:6

The heavens were made by the Lord’s word and all the stars by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 33:9

He spoke, and it came into being. He gave the order, and there it stood.

Psalm 97:11

Light dawns for righteous people and joy for those whose motives are decent.

Isaiah 45:7

I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 60:19

The sun will no longer be your light during the day, nor will the brightness of the moon give you light, But the Lord will be your everlasting light. Your God will be your glory.

Matthew 8:3

Jesus reached out, touched him, and said, “I’m willing. So be clean!” Immediately, his skin disease went away, and he was clean.

John 1:5

The light shines in the dark, and the dark has never extinguished it.

John 1:9

The real light, which shines on everyone, was coming into the world.

John 11:43

After Jesus had said this, he shouted as loudly as he could, “Lazarus, come out!”

John 3:19

This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil.

2 Corinthians 4:6

We are his servants because the same God who said that light should shine out of darkness has given us light. For that reason we bring to light the knowledge about God’s glory which shines from Christ’s face.

Ephesians 5:14

because light makes everything easy to see. That’s why it says: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:8

Once you lived in the dark, but now the Lord has filled you with light. Live as children who have light.

1 Timothy 6:16

He is the only one who cannot die. He lives in light that no one can come near. No one has seen him, nor can they see him. Honor and power belong to him forever! Amen.

1 John 1:5

This is the message we heard from Christ and are reporting to you: God is light, and there isn’t any darkness in him.

1 John 2:8

On the other hand, I’m writing to give you a new commandment. It’s a truth that exists in Christ and in you: The darkness is fading, and the true light is already shining.