Genesis 1:3

Modern English Version

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

John 1:5

The light shines in darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but the Lord shall be an everlasting light to you and your God for your glory.

1 John 1:5

This then is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light —

John 1:9

The true Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

John 3:19

This is the verdict, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 148:5

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Psalm 33:9

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

1 John 2:8

Yet a new commandment I am writing to you, which holds true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”

Psalm 104:2

covering Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a curtain.

Job 38:19

“Where is the path where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is its place,

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone has immortality, living in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen, nor can see. To Him be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, and He has given us light; bind the sacrifice with cords, to the horns of the altar.

Job 36:30

Behold, He spreads His light upon it and covers the bottom of the sea.

John 11:43

When He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Matthew 8:3

Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, saying, “I will. Be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Genesis 2:4

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,