Matthew 4:16
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16 (A)The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”
Isaiah 9:2
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2 (A)The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.
Isaiah 42:6-7
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6 “I,(A) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You (B)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As (C)a light to the Gentiles,
7 (D)To open blind eyes,
To (E)bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in (F)darkness from the prison house.
Isaiah 60:1-3
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The Gentiles Bless Zion
60 Arise, (A)shine;
For your light has come!
And (B)the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
3 The (C)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Luke 1:78-79
New King James Version
78 Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the [a]Dayspring from on high [b]has visited us;
79 (A)To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To (B)guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Micah 7:8
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Israel’s Confession and Comfort
8 (A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
(B)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
Psalm 107:10-14
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10 Those who (A)sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
(B)Bound[a] in affliction and irons—
11 Because they (C)rebelled against the words of God,
And [b]despised (D)the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was (E)none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 (F)He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
Footnotes
- Psalm 107:10 Prisoners
- Psalm 107:11 scorned
Luke 2:32
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32 (A)A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Amos 5:8
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8 He made the (A)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(B)And makes the day dark as night;
He (C)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(D)The Lord is His name.
Jeremiah 13:16
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16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes (B)darkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are (C)looking for light,
He turns it into (D)the shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.
Job 34:22
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22 (A)There is no darkness nor shadow of death
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job 10:22
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22 A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”
Job 3:5
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5 May darkness and (A)the shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
Psalm 44:19
New King James Version
19 But You have severely broken us in (A)the place of jackals,
And covered us (B)with the shadow of death.
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