Bible Encyclopedia: Light: Figurative and Symbolical

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The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... the maiming of the body is figurative language, and ... act in the sphere of heavenly
light"provident of ... But the symbolical action that follows"the joining of ...
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Meditation viii. Institution of the Holy Eucharist.
... this custom (which had hitherto been no more than a symbolical and figurative rite)
to ... his words came forth from his lips like fire and light, and entered ...
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The Use of the Symbolic Style by Poets and Philosophers.
... "For the use of symbolical speech is ... the furrows; and the woof (mitos) is a figurative
expression for ... calls them "white-robed," as being parts of the light? ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter viii the use of the.htm

The Form of Concord. AD 1577.
... against the tyranny of the Papacy and brought to light the pure ... Augustine and other
fathers favored rather a figurative or symbolical interpretation of the ...
/.../creeds of christendom with a history and critical notes/ 45 the form of.htm

Entire Sanctification in Prophecy.
... the New Testament washing of regeneration, symbolical also of ... Lord shall be thine
everlasting light, and the ... though their language is often highly figurative. ...
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The First General Epistle of Peter
... (3) The symbolical sense is in perfect harmony with the figurative interpretation
of ... Viewed in the light of their future glory, the present life of believers ...
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Further Incidents of the Journey to Jerusalem - the Mission and ...
... [3874] [3875] This symbolical meaning of ... As we view it in the light of those times,
we know ... One of the most common figurative expressions of the time was that ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v further incidents of.htm

Introduction.
... better things which have been brought to light by the ... the institutes of the commonwealth
were symbolical, the language of the people was figurative. ...
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The Leaven.
... of Scripture in which the symbolical meaning of ... in character and consequences as
light and darkness ... the different and opposite figurative significations of the ...
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CHAPTER III.
... thought, which is here in a symbolical garb, is ... an appendix, in which, without any
figurative covering, the ... impending captivity in its true light, and thereby ...
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1 Kings 11:36
And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
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Psalm 27:1
The 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?
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Psalm 119:105,130
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
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Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
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Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
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Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
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Isaiah 58:8
Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
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Isaiah 60:19,20
The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
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Matthew 4:16
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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Matthew 5:14,16
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
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Luke 2:32
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
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Luke 11:34
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
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Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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John 1:4,5,7-9
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
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John 3:19-21
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
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John 8:12
Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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John 9:5
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
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John 12:35,36
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come on you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.
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Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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Ephesians 5:8,14
For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
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Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the middle of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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1 Timothy 6:16
Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach to; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
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James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither shadow of turning.
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;
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2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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1 John 1:5,7
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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Revelation 21:23
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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Subtopics

Light

Light: Agreeable

Light: Bright

Light: Christ the Source of all Wisdom

Light: Communicated to the Body Through the Eye

Light: Created

Light: Created by God

Light: Diffusive

Light: Divided Into: Artificial

Light: Divided Into: Extraordinary or Miraculous

Light: Divided Into: Natural