Luke 1:79

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to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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  • Isa 9:2 : 2 (9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Rom 3:17 : 17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–
  • John 8:12 : 12 Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • John 9:5 : 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
  • Isa 59:8 : 8 They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.
  • Ps 85:10-13 : 10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. 11 Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. 12 Yes, the LORD will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops. 13 Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
  • Prov 8:20 : 20 I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 The LORD is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. 9 May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way! 10 The LORD always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
  • Isa 48:17 : 17 This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the LORD.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 he says,“Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.
  • Isa 57:19-21 : 19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the LORD,“and I will heal them. 20 But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand. 21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you! 2 For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you. 3 Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 The LORD said to his people:“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said,“We will not follow it!”
  • Matt 11:28-29 : 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!
  • 1 Thess 5:4-5 : 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would. 5 For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • Job 10:22 : 22 to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

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