Matthew 4:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

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  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
  • Job 10:22 : 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
  • Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
  • Ps 107:10-14 : 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD 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.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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    1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

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

  • Luke 1:77-80
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    77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

    78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

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    80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

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    31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

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    1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

    2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

    3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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    4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

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    46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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    35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

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    5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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    19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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    9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

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    12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

    36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

  • Luke 4:17-18
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    17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

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    6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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    22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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    33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

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    10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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    14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

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    14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

  • Jer 13:16
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    16 Give glory to the LORD 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.

  • Eph 5:14
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    14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

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    9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

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    25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

  • Luke 3:4
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    4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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    7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

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    4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

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    21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

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    14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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    18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

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    13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: