Isaiah 49:9
English Standard Version
9 (A)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
(B)They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
Isaiah 42:16
English Standard Version
16 (A)And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
(B)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
Isaiah 42:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
(B)from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Luke 4:18
English Standard Version
Isaiah 61:1
English Standard Version
The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
Isaiah 41:18
English Standard Version
18 (A)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
(B)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah 9:2
English Standard Version
2 [a] (A)The people (B)who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of (C)deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew
Psalm 102:20
English Standard Version
Psalm 69:33
English Standard Version
33 For the Lord hears the needy
and (A)does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
1 Thessalonians 5:5-6
English Standard Version
5 For you are all (A)children[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then (B)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (C)keep awake and (D)be sober.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse
Colossians 1:13
English Standard Version
13 He (A)has delivered us from (B)the domain of darkness and transferred us to (C)the kingdom of (D)his beloved Son,
Read full chapter
Ephesians 5:14
English Standard Version
14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
Read full chapter
Ephesians 5:8
English Standard Version
8 for (A)at one time you were (B)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. (C)Walk as children of light
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 4:4-6
English Standard Version
4 In their case (A)the god of this world (B)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing (C)the light of (D)the gospel of the glory of Christ, (E)who is the image of God. 5 For what (F)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (G)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, (H)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (I)has shone in our hearts to give (J)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
John 10:9
English Standard Version
9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, (A)he will be saved and will go in and out and (B)find pasture.
Read full chapter
John 8:12
English Standard Version
I Am the Light of the World
12 (A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever (C)follows me will not (D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Read full chapter
John 6:53-58
English Standard Version
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of (A)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you (B)have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood (C)has eternal life, and (D)I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood (E)abides in me, and I in him. 57 As (F)the living Father (G)sent me, and (H)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 (I)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- John 6:58 Greek lacks the bread
Luke 1:79
English Standard Version
79 to (A)give light to (B)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into (C)the way of (D)peace.”
Joel 3:18
English Standard Version
18 “And in that day
(A)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (B)all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
(C)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Valley of (D)Shittim.
Ezekiel 34:29
English Standard Version
29 And I will provide for them (A)renowned plantations so that (B)they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer (C)suffer the reproach of the nations.
Read full chapter
Ezekiel 34:23
English Standard Version
23 And (A)I will set up over them one shepherd, (B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
Read full chapter
Ezekiel 34:13-15
English Standard Version
13 And I will bring them out from the peoples (A)and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on (B)the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 (C)I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. (D)There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. 15 (E)I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, (F)and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.
Read full chapterThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Bible Gateway Recommends
