Psalm 107:10
New Living Translation
10 Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,
imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
Luke 1:79
New Living Translation
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
and to guide us to the path of peace.”
Matthew 4:16
New Living Translation
16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light.
And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,
a light has shined.”[a]
Isaiah 42:7
New Living Translation
7 You will open the eyes of the blind.
You will free the captives from prison,
releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.
Romans 6:20-21
New Living Translation
20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. 21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.
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Matthew 22:13
New Living Translation
13 Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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Micah 7:8
New Living Translation
8 Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
Lamentations 3:6-7
New Living Translation
6 He has buried me in a dark place,
like those long dead.
7 He has walled me in, and I cannot escape.
He has bound me in heavy chains.
Psalm 105:18
New Living Translation
18 They bruised his feet with fetters
and placed his neck in an iron collar.
Job 36:8-9
New Living Translation
8 If they are bound in chains
and caught up in a web of trouble,
9 he shows them the reason.
He shows them their sins of pride.
Job 3:5
New Living Translation
5 Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own.
Let a black cloud overshadow it,
and let the darkness terrify it.
Exodus 2:23-24
New Living Translation
23 Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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2 Chronicles 33:11
New Living Translation
11 So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
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Isaiah 9:2
New Living Translation
2 [a]The people who walk in darkness
will see a great light.
For those who live in a land of deep darkness,[b]
a light will shine.
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