Job 11:17
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17 And your life will be (A)brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.
Psalm 37:6
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Isaiah 58:8-10
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8 (A)Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
(B)and your healing shall spring up speedily;
(C)your righteousness shall go before you;
(D)the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away (E)the yoke from your midst,
(F)the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 (G)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
(H)then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
Zechariah 14:6-7
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6 (A)On that day (B)there shall be (C)no light, cold, or frost.[a] 7 (D)And there shall be a unique[b] day, (E)which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but (F)at evening time there shall be light.
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- Zechariah 14:6 Compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Zechariah 14:7 Hebrew one
Micah 7:8-9
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8 (A)Rejoice not over me, O (B)my enemy;
(C)when I fall, I shall rise;
(D)when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
9 (E)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until (F)he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
(G)He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
Proverbs 4:18
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18 But (A)the path of the righteous is like (B)the light of dawn,
which shines (C)brighter and brighter until (D)full day.
Psalm 112:4
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Luke 2:26-32
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26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not (A)see death before he had seen (B)the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when (C)the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and (D)blessed God and said,
29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant[a] depart (E)in peace,
(F)according to your word;
30 for (G)my eyes have seen your (H)salvation
31 (I)that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 (J)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and (K)for glory to (L)your people Israel.”
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- Luke 2:29 Or bondservant
Psalm 92:14
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14 They still bear fruit in old age;
they are ever full of sap and green,
Job 42:11-17
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11 Then came to him all his (A)brothers and sisters and all who had (B)known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they (C)showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil[a] that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him (D)a piece of money[b] and (E)a ring of gold.
12 And the Lord blessed (F)the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had (G)14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He had also (H)seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. 15 And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance (I)among their brothers. 16 And after this Job lived 140 years, and (J)saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations. 17 And Job died, an old man, and (K)full of days.
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1 Chronicles 29:10
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David Prays in the Assembly
10 Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: (A)“Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
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