Gen 1:3-5, 17-18, Psa 8:3, 104:20-23, Jer 31:35, 2Cor 4:6, Jam 1:17 | ESV | STEP | And God said , Let there be light , and there was light .

Genesis 1:3-5

3 And God said, ^a“Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Genesis 1:17-18

17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to ^brule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Psalms 8:3

3 When I ^clook at your heavens, the work of your ^dfingers,
the moon and the stars, ^ewhich you have set in place,

Psalms 104:20-23

20 ^fYou make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 ^gThe young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they steal away
and lie down in their ^hdens.
23 ⁱMan goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.

Jeremiah 31:35

35 Thus says the Lord,
who ^jgives the sun for light by day
and ^kthe fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
^lthe Lord of hosts is his name:

2 Corinthians 4:6

6 For God, who said, ^m“Let light shine out of darkness,” ⁿhas shone in our hearts to give ^othe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

James 1:17

17 ^pEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from ^qthe Father of lights, ^rwith whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning}