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Job 29:3

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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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Psalms 18:28Rank 1 from verse 3
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²⁸For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
John 8:12Rank 2 from verse 3
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¹²¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Ephesians 5:8Rank 3 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:
Job 18:6Rank 4 from verse 3
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⁶The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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⁴⁶I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Job 11:17Rank 6 from verse 3
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¹⁷And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Job 22:28Rank 7 from verse 3
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²⁸Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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²⁰For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Psalms 84:11Rank 9 from verse 3
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¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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⁴And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Proverbs 13:9Rank 12 from verse 3
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⁹The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Psalms 23:4Rank 13 from verse 3
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⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psalms 27:1Rank 14 from verse 3
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¹THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Job 21:17Rank 15 from verse 3
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¹⁷How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Proverbs 20:20Rank 16 from verse 3
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²⁰Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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⁶There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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Job 29:3

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candle

A lamp or portable light used for illumination.

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shined

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of shine, meaning to emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor. To give light, real or figurative.

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upon

1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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head

The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

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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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through

From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of.

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darkness

Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

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²Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

³When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;