Matthew 5:15

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

Zechariah 4:2

He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

Numbers 8:2

“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”

Mark 4:21

He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

Luke 11:33

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

Luke 11:36

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”

Luke 8:16

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

Philippians 2:15

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, amongst whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Hebrews 9:2

For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread, which is called the Holy Place.

Revelation 2:5

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.