Philippians 2:15 (ESV)
... that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
The Good Samaritan
A Painting in the Style of Diego Velazquez from Public Square magazine
1 Thessalonians 5:5 (ESV)
For you are all children of light, children of the day.
We are not of the night or of the darkness.
The Childhood of Christ, 1620
Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656)
Ephesians 5:8 (GNV)
For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light.
Children of the Light, 2012
Joseph Brickey (1973-present)
2 Corinthians 4:6 (ESV)
For God, who said,
“Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Artwork by Douglas Bentley
Romans 13:12 (ESV)
The night is far gone; the day is at hand.
So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.
Within Sight of the Holy City
Illustration from an 1844 edition of John Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress”
Henry Courtney Selous (English, 1803-1890)
John 8:12 (ESV)
“I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
“Ego Sum Lux Mundi” (I am the Light of the World)
Triptych by Raul Berzosa
https://raulberzosa.com/arte-sacro/
An explanation of the work is here: https://burning-lampstand.tumblr.com/post/99862788303/by-grace-of-god-triptych-titled-ego-sum-lux
John 1:2-5 (ESV)
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
In the Beginning was the Word John 1:1-14
Eva Koleva Timothy (Bulgarian-American)
Luke 1:78 (ESV)
“... because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
La Résurrection
Nicolas Bertin (French 1667-1736)
Isaiah 60:1 (ESV)
Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
A Darkness Over the Earth
Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Matthew 4:16 (ESV)
The people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.
The Awakening of Christian, c. 1885
from Pilgrim's Progress
Henry Clarence Whaite (1828–1912)
Isaiah 49:6 (ESV)
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
I will make you as a light for the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Glorious Jerusalem
Yossi Bitton (Israeli, 1956-present)
Micah 7:8 (ESV)
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
Geghard Monastery, Armenia
Photograph by Rob Wilson
Psalm 27:1 (NKJV)
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
The Faithful Knight
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)
Proverbs 4:18 (ESV)
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Valley of the Yosemite, 1864
Albert Bierstadt (German-American, 1830-1902)
Psalm 112:4 (ESV)
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Sunrise over Naples, 1862
Thomas Dessoulavy (British, 1800–1869)
Psalm 18:28 (ESV)
For it is you who light my lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
Woman Sewing by Lamplight, 1852
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Psalm 43:3 (RSV)
Oh send out thy light and thy truth;
let them lead me,
let them bring me to thy holy hill
and to thy dwelling!
The Altar at Tanum Church in Bærum (Alteret I Tanum Kirke), 1891
Harriet Backer (Norwegian, 1845-1932)
2 Samuel 22:29 (ESV)
For you are my lamp, O Lord,
and my God lightens my darkness.
A Woman with A Lantern, 1818
Alexander Lauréus (Finnish, 1783-1823)
Exodus 13:21 (KJV)
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way;
and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night,
from before the people.
Job 29:3 (ESV)
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
when his lamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness”
Girl with Lantern
Otto Toaspern (American, 1863-1940)
Psalm 119:105 (GNV)
Thy word is a lantern unto my feet,
and a light unto my paths.
Thy Word is a Lamp unto My Feet and a Light unto My Path, c.1878-81
also known as 'Reading the Bible'.
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906)
Daniel 2:20,22 (ESV)
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
to whom belong wisdom and might...
he reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with him.”
The First Day of Creation, 1545
Francisco de Holanda (Portuguese, 1517-1585)
Genesis 1:3 (NASB1995)
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light day, and the darkness He called night.
And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
God Made the World
Illustration from the book 'Bible Primer: Old Testament' by Adolf Hult, 1919
Psalm 23:4 (ESV)
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
The Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1867
George Inness (American, 1825-1894)
Isaiah 42:1 (ESV)
Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
Simeon's Song of Praise c. 1700-10
Aert de Gelder (Dutch, 1645-1727)