Job 29:3

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Job 29:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 And Job continued his discourse:

2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 18:6

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

Job 21:17

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Psalms 18:28

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Job 22:28

Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

Psalms 4:6

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Psalms 23:4

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.

Psalms 27:1

The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

Psalms 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Isaiah 2:4

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

John 8:12

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 12:46

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Ephesians 5:14

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”