100 Bible Verses about Dont Hide Your Light

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 61 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

John 8:12 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Luke 1:37 ESV / 34 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Matthew 5:15 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.

John 3:20 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

Mark 4:21 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Luke 11:33 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Matthew 6:4 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Luke 8:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

John 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 John 1:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

John 14:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Matthew 23:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Ephesians 5:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For God, who said, “Let light 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.

Jude 1:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

John 1:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

James 4:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Revelation 22:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Romans 2:29 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.

John 12:35 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 11:36 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Isaiah 49:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

He says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

1 John 1:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

James 4:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

2 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.

Romans 14:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

Matthew 23:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,

Genesis 1:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

James 5:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

James 1:2-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Hebrews 12:1-3 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

1 Timothy 1:7-9 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 5:3-5 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

John 16:33 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 14:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

2 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

James 4:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Romans 12:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

John 12:36 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

John 5:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

Psalm 94:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Psalm 36:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

Psalm 23:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

1 John 2:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Hebrews 4:12-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

John 12:46 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

Luke 14:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,

Luke 6:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;