Verses

  • “God is light.”
    1 John 1:5

    “God is love.”
    1 John 4:16

  • “God is love.”
    1 John 4:16

    “Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
    1 John 4:16

    “Love is patient, love is kind.”
    1 Corinthians 13:4

    “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
    1 Corinthians 13:13

    “Love never fails.”
    1 Corinthians 13:8

    “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
    2 Timothy 1:7

  • “God is light.”
    1 John 1:5

    “I am the light of the world.”
    John 9:5

    “You are the light of the world.”
    Matthew 5:14

    “Live as children of light[.]”
    Ephesians 5:8

  • “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
    Romans 10:17

    “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
    1 Corinthians 13:13

  • “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”
    Ephesians 2:6

    “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived—the things God has prepared for those who love him.”
    1 Corinthians 2:9

    “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.”
    2 Corinthians 12:2

  • “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
    Romans 15:13

  • “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!”
    Ephesians 3:20

    “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
    Matthew 19:26

  • “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”
    Psalm 91:11

    “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”
    Hebrews 1:14

  • “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.”
    Luke 2:11

    “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
    John 14:6

    “I and the Father are one.”
    John 10:30

    “If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.”
    1 John 4:15

    “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
    Philippians 2:9

    “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”
    Romans 10:9

    “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
    Romans 10:14

  • “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
    Galatians 5:22

  • “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”
    Romans 12:18

    “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
    Philippians 4:7

    “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
    John 14:27

    “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
    Isaiah 26:3

  • “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit[.]”
    Romans 14:17

    “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”
    John 15:11

    “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
    Galatians 5:22

  • “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
    Ephesians 4:32

  • “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
    Philippians 4:8

    “He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
    Matthew 5:45

  • “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
    John 14:27

    “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”
    Romans 10:9

  • “Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry[.]”
    Ephesians 4:26

    “Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.”
    James 1:20

  • “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
    Ephesians 4:32

  • “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
    Ephesians 4:32

  • “Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."
    John 15:15

    “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
    John 15:13

  • “My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
    John 14:2

  • “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart[.]”
    Jeremiah 1:5

    “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.”
    Ephesians 1:4

    “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.”
    Ephesians 1:11

    “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.”
    Romans 8:29

  • “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.”
    1 Corinthians 12:2

    “And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.”
    1 Corinthians 12:3

  • “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.”
    Ephesians 1:11

  • “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear[.]”
    1 John 4:18

    “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.”
    Isaiah 41:10

  • “You are the light of the world.”
    Matthew 5:14

    “If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.”
    John 15:19

    “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.”
    1 John 2:15

The Dhammapada

  • “Do not speak harshly to anyone, for those thus spoken to might retort. Indeed, angry speech hurts and retaliation might overtake you.”
    Verse 133

  • “One who seeks happiness does not oppress other beings with violence who also seek happiness.”
    Verse 131

These are some of my favorite verses from the Bible and other texts that reflect the Light and Love on the other side.