2 Samuel 22:29
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
Cross-reference
Psalm 18:28 is the near-identical version of this verse, both from David's song — God keeps my lamp burning and turns darkness to light.
Psalm 27:1 declares 'The LORD is my light' — a direct parallel to David calling God his lamp here.
John 8:12 identifies Jesus as the light of the world, fulfilling the OT imagery of God as lamp and light for His people.
John 12:46 declares Jesus came as light so believers won't stay in darkness, fulfilling the OT motif of the Lord turning darkness into light.
Revelation 21:23 says the Lamb is the lamp of the New Jerusalem — directly echoing 'the LORD is my lamp' from this verse.
Isaiah 60:19 declares the Lord will be an everlasting light, expanding David's lamp imagery to an eschatological scope.
Isaiah 60:20 continues the everlasting light theme, promising an end to sorrow, echoing God's transformation of darkness to light.
Job 29:3 recalls when God's lamp shone on him and he walked through darkness, using the same lamp metaphor for divine guidance.
Psalm 112:4 uses the same light-in-darkness imagery for the upright, echoing God turning David's darkness into light.
Isaiah 50:10 calls those walking in darkness to trust God, applying the principle of the Lord turning darkness into light.
Micah 7:9 expresses hope that God will bring him out into the light after darkness, paralleling David's confidence in God turning darkness to light.
Malachi 4:2 describes the 'sun of righteousness' rising with healing, a light that echoes David's declaration that the Lord is his lamp.
Psalm 4:6 asks for the light of God's face to shine, similarly using light as a symbol of God's favor and guidance.
Psalm 84:11 calls God a sun and shield, expanding the light metaphor — both present God as source of illumination.