What does the Bible say about light and darkness?

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The Bible uses light and darkness as imagery in the prologue of John, in 1 John 1, and in the Sermon on the Mount.

In John 1:5:

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

In 1 John 1:5:

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

In Matthew 5:14:

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

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