"Ifthereforeyour wholebodyis fullof light,with nodarkpartin it, it will be whollyillumined,as whenthe lampilluminesyou with its rays."
The spiritof manis the lampof the LORD,Searchingallthe innermostpartsof his being.
For the commandmentis a lampand the teachingis light;And reproofsfor disciplineare the wayof life
For God,who said,"Lightshall shineout of darkness,"is the One whohas shonein our heartsto give the Lightof the knowledgeof the gloryof Godin the faceof Christ.
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.
Let the wordof Christrichlydwellwithinyou, with allwisdomteachingand admonishingone anotherwith psalms[and] hymns[and] spiritualsongs,singingwith thankfulnessin your heartsto God.
A wisemanwill hearand increasein learning,And a man of understandingwill acquirewisecounsel,
But one who looks intentlyat the perfectlaw,the [law] of liberty,and abidesby it, not having becomea forgetfulhearerbut an effectualdoer,this manwill be blessedin what he does.
But solidfoodis for the mature,who becauseof practicehavetheir sensestrainedto discerngoodand evil.
As a result,we are no longerto be children,tossed here and there by wavesand carried aboutby everywindof doctrine,by the trickeryof men,by craftinessin deceitfulscheming;
And Jesus saidto them, "Thereforeeveryscribewho has become a discipleof the kingdomof heavenis likea head of a household,whobringsout of his treasurethings newand old."
"So let us know,let us presson to knowthe LORD.His goingforthis as certainas the dawn;And He will cometo us like the rain,Like the springrainwateringthe earth."
"I will leadthe blindby a waythey do not know,In pathsthey do not knowI will guidethem. I will makedarknessinto lightbeforethem And ruggedplacesinto plains.Theseare the thingsI will do,And I will not leavethem undone."
To the lawand to the testimony!Ifthey do not speakaccording to thisword,it is becausethey havenodawn.
nordoes [anyone] lighta lampand putit undera basket,but on the lampstand,and it gives lightto allwho are in the house.
"Thenwatchout that the lightin you is not darkness.
NowwhenHe had spoken,a PhariseeaskedHim to have lunchwith him; and He wentin, and reclined[at the table].