Psalm 23:4

New International Version

⁴Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,^[a]^(A)
I will fear no evil,^(B)
    for you are with me;^(C)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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Footnotes

Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

Psalm 23:4 in all English translations

Psalm 119:105

New International Version

נ Nun

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp^(A) for my feet,
a light^(B) on my path.

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Psalm 119:105 in all English translations

Isaiah 42:6-7

New International Version

⁶“I, the Lord, have called^(A) you in righteousness;^(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.^(C)
I will keep^(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant^(E) for the people
    and a light^(F) for the Gentiles,^(G)
⁷to open eyes that are blind,^(H)
    to free^(I) captives from prison^(J)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.^(K)

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Isaiah 60:1-3

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The Glory of Zion

60 “Arise,^(A) shine, for your light^(B) has come,
    and the glory^(C) of the Lord rises upon you.
²See, darkness^(D) covers the earth
    and thick darkness^(E) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
³Nations^(F) will come to your light,^(G)
    and kings^(H) to the brightness of your dawn.

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Matthew 4:13-16

New International Version

¹³Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum,^(A) which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— ¹⁴to fulfill^(B) what was said through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁵“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
    the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
    Galilee of the Gentiles—
¹⁶the people living in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
    a light has dawned.”^[a]^(C)

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Footnotes

Matthew 4:16 Isaiah 9:1,2

Luke 1:76-79

New International Version

⁷⁶And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(A) of the Most High;^(B)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(C)
⁷⁷to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,^(D)
⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(E) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,^(F)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”^(G)