Bible Cross References
the light
Proverbs 4:18
The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.
John 5:35
John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light.
John 12:36
Believe in the light, then, while you have it, so that you will be the people of the light." After Jesus said this, he went off and hid himself from them.
Romans 2:19
you are sure that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,
Romans 2:20
an instructor for the foolish, and a teacher for the ignorant. You are certain that in the Law you have the full content of knowledge and of truth.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done. How can right and wrong be partners? How can light and darkness live together?
Ephesians 5:8-14
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You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,
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for it is the light that brings a rich harvest of every kind of goodness, righteousness, and truth.
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Try to learn what pleases the Lord.
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Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light.
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(It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.)
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And when all things are brought out to the light, then their true nature is clearly revealed;
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for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, "Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you."
Philippians 2:15
so that you may be innocent and pure as God's perfect children, who live in a world of corrupt and sinful people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,
1 Thessalonians 5:5
All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Revelation 1:20
Here is the secret meaning of the seven stars that you see in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands.
a city
Genesis 11:4-8
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They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
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Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which they had built,
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and he said, "Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want!
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Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other."
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So the LORD scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Revelation 21:14-27
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The city's wall was built on twelve foundation stones, on which were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
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The city was perfectly square, as wide as it was long. The angel measured the city with his measuring stick: it was fifteen hundred miles long and was as wide and as high as it was long.
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The angel also measured the wall, and it was 216 feet high, according to the standard unit of measure which he was using.
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The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.
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The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
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the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh yellow quartz, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chalcedony, the eleventh turquoise, the twelfth amethyst.
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The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made from a single pearl. The street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.
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I did not see a temple in the city, because its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.
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The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
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The peoples of the world will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their wealth into it.
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The gates of the city will stand open all day; they will never be closed, because there will be no night there.
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The greatness and the wealth of the nations will be brought into the city.
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But nothing that is impure will enter the city, nor anyone who does shameful things or tells lies. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of the living will enter the city.