John 12:35

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John 12:33–37 · Berean Standard Bible

33 He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

34 The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

35 Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.

37 Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.

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John 7:33

So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

John 9:4

While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

John 16:16

In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”

Hebrews 3:7

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

Hebrews 3:8

do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

John 12:36

While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.

John 12:46

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

John 1:5

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:6

There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

John 1:8

He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

John 1:9

The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.

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 9:5

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Isaiah 2:5

Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 42:6

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 42:7

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Romans 13:12

The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Romans 13:13

Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Romans 13:14

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

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.”

Ephesians 5:15

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

1 Thessalonians 5:5

For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

John 12:39

For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

Psalms 69:22

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

Psalms 69:23

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Psalms 69:24

Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

Psalms 69:25

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

Psalms 69:26

For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

Psalms 69:27

Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

Psalms 69:28

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

Romans 11:7

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

Romans 11:8

as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

Romans 11:9

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Romans 11:10

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

John 11:10

But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”

Proverbs 4:19

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

1 John 2:8

Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

1 John 2:9

If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

1 John 2:10

Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.