Psalm 107:10
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10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom,
prisoners in misery and in irons,(A)
Luke 1:79
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79 to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”(A)
Matthew 4:16
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16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.”(A)
Isaiah 42:7
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7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.(A)
2 Chronicles 33:11
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11 Therefore the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh captive in manacles, bound him with fetters, and brought him to Babylon.(A)
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Exodus 2:23-24
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23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.(A) 24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.(B)
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Romans 6:20-21
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20 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.(A) 21 So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.(B)
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Matthew 22:13
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13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)
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Micah 7:8
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Penitence and Trust in God
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;[a]
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.(A)
Footnotes
- 7.8 Heb enemy
Lamentations 3:6-7
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6 he has made me sit in darkness
like the dead of long ago.(A)
7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
he has put heavy chains on me;(B)
Isaiah 9:2
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2 [a]The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
on them light has shined.(A)
Footnotes
- 9.2 9.1 in Heb
Psalm 105:18
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18 His feet were hurt with fetters;
his neck was put in a collar of iron;(A)
Job 36:8-9
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8 And if they are bound in fetters
and caught in the cords of affliction,
9 then he declares to them their work
and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.(A)
Job 3:5
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5 Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds settle upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.(A)
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