Jeremiah 13:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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  • Isa 8:22 : 22 and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
  • Isa 59:9 : 9 Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
  • Josh 7:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
  • Isa 5:30 : 30 And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
  • Isa 60:2 : 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
  • Jer 23:12 : 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
  • Ps 96:7-8 : 7 Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength. 8 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
  • 1 Sam 6:5 : 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
  • Exod 10:21 : 21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
  • Eccl 11:8 : 8 Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
  • Eccl 12:1-2 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
  • Amos 8:9-9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • 1 John 2:10-11 : 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
  • Jer 4:23 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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  • 15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.

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    21Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

    22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

  • 20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

  • Isa 60:1-2
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    1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

    2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

  • 22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.

  • Isa 50:10-11
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    10Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.

    11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

  • 10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

  • 5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

  • 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • 8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • 15The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

  • 6And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:

  • 21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

  • 28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

  • 29For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

  • 11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

  • 6Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.

  • 12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.

  • 19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

  • 35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

  • 25They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

  • 17For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

  • 10The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

  • 6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

  • 31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

  • 2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

  • 10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

    12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

  • 2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

  • 2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

  • 18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

  • 13At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.

  • 14They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

  • 19Teach us what we shall say unto him; [For] we cannot set [our speech] in order by reason of darkness.

  • 15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • 15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

  • 30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

  • 17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is taken captive.

  • 79To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • 35Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • 9Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

  • 22He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  • 19And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. [

  • 9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

  • 13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

  • 19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,