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Genesis 1:3

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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 1 from verse 3
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⁶For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
John 1:5Rank 2 from verse 3
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⁵And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Isaiah 45:7Rank 3 from verse 3
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⁷I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Isaiah 60:19Rank 4 from verse 3
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¹⁹The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
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⁵This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Ephesians 5:8Rank 6 from verse 3
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⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
John 3:19Rank 7 from verse 3
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¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Psalms 97:11Rank 8 from verse 3
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¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
John 1:9Rank 9 from verse 3
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⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Psalms 33:6Rank 10 from verse 3
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⁶By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 33:9Rank 11 from verse 3
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⁹For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalms 148:5Rank 12 from verse 3
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⁵Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
1 John 2:8Rank 13 from verse 3
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⁸Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
Ephesians 5:14Rank 14 from verse 3
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¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Job 38:19Rank 15 from verse 3
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¹⁹Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Psalms 104:2Rank 16 from verse 3
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²Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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¹⁶Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Psalms 118:27Rank 18 from verse 3
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²⁷God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Job 36:30Rank 19 from verse 3
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³⁰Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
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⁴³And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
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³And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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Genesis 1:3

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God

The one true God.

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said

Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.

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let

Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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light

Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

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²And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.