Luke 11:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.””
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“So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 11:36 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- Proverbs 20:27The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Matthew 13:52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
- Mark 4:24He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- 2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
- James 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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