Matthew 4:16

New American Bible - revised edition

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen.”

Cross References

Isaiah 9:2

You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing; They rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest, as they exult when dividing the spoils.

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”

Amos 5:8

The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn, and darkens day into night; Who summons the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth;

Job 34:22

There is no darkness so dense that evildoers can hide in it.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord, your God, before he brings darkness; Before your feet stumble on mountains at twilight; Before the light you look for turns to darkness, changes into black clouds.

Job 10:22

The dark, disordered land where darkness is the only light.

Job 3:5

May darkness and gloom claim it, clouds settle upon it, blackness of day affright it!

Psalm 44:19

Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from your path.

Isaiah 9:1

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone.