8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Light and Darkness

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Kgs 11:36 — And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
• 1Kgs 15:4 — Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
• 1Kgs 15:4 — Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
• 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 2Sam 22:29 — For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
• 2Sam 22:29 — For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
• Esth 8:16 — The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
• Isa 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
• Isa 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
• Job 18:6 — The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
• Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
• Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
• John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• Luke 1:79 — To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• Matt 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.
• Prov 20:27 — The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
• Ps 13:3 — Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
• Ps 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?
• Ps 34:5 — They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
• Ps 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
• Ps 112:4 — Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
• Ps 118:27 — God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
• Ps 119:105 — Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
• Ps 132:17 — There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.