Quotes About Light

Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your masterís servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”

From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.í

He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.

There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.

the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

the weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;

He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;

They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.