Job 38:17

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Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

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  • Ps 9:13 : 13 For he who avenges blood remembers them; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.
  • Ps 107:18 : 18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.
  • Job 12:22 : 22 He reveals the deep things from darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns deep darkness into morning and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth—the Lord is his name.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned upon them.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their chains apart.

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    15Will you keep to the ancient path that wicked men have walked?

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    12Have you ever commanded the morning or shown the dawn its place,

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    10That is why snares are all around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you.

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    6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

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