Matthew 4:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

Although your people live in darkness, they will see a bright light. Although they live in the shadow of death, a light will shine on them.”

Cross References

Isaiah 9:2

Those who walked in the dark have seen a bright light. And it shines upon everyone who lives in the land of darkest shadows.

Micah 7:8

My enemies, don't be glad because of my troubles! I may have fallen, but I will get up; I may be sitting in the dark, but the Lord is my light.

Luke 2:32

Your mighty power is a light for all nations, and it will bring honor to your people Israel.”

Amos 5:8

But the Lord created the stars and put them in place. He turns darkness to dawn and daylight to darkness; he scoops up the ocean and empties it on the earth.

Job 34:22

No evil person can hide in the deepest darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

You hope for light, but God is sending darkness. Evening shadows already deepen in the hills. So return to God and confess your sins to him before you trip and fall.

Job 10:22

of darkness and despair, the place of no return.

Job 3:5

and send thick, gloomy shadows to fill it with dread.

Psalm 44:19

But you crushed us, and you covered us with deepest darkness where wild animals live.

Isaiah 9:1

But those who have suffered will no longer be in pain. The territories of Zebulun and Naphtali in Galilee were once hated. But this land of the Gentiles across the Jordan River and along the Mediterranean Sea will be greatly respected.