Luke 1:79

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The 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.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Rom 3:17 : 17 And the way of peace have they not known:
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • John 9:5 : 5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • Isa 59:8 : 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
  • Ps 85:10-13 : 10 Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven. 12 Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in] .
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
  • Prov 8:20 : 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
  • Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
  • Isa 57:19-21 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. 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. 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein] .
  • Matt 11:28-29 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
  • John 1:9 : 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let 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.
  • 1 Thess 5:4-5 : 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: 5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
  • Job 10:22 : 22 The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

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