Micah 7:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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.

Psalm 112:4

Light shines through the darkness for the upright; gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Psalm 27:1

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid?

Obadiah 1:12

Do not gloat over the day of your brother, the day of his disaster; Do not exult over the people of Judah on the day of their ruin; Do not speak haughtily on the day of distress!

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of [Jesus] Christ. The Paradox of the Ministry.

Psalm 38:16

Lord, it is for you that I wait; O Lord, my God, you respond.

Revelation 22:5

Night will be no more, nor will they need light from lamp or sun, for the Lord God shall give them light, and they shall reign forever and ever.

Psalm 84:11

Better one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. Better the threshold of the house of my God than a home in the tents of the wicked.

Job 31:29

Had I rejoiced at the destruction of my enemy or exulted when evil came upon him,

Psalm 97:11

Light dawns for the just, and gladness for the honest of heart.

Ezekiel 35:15

As you rejoiced over the devastation of the heritage of the house of Israel, the same I will do to you: you will become a ruin, Mount Seir, and the whole of Edom, all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Psalm 35:19

Do not let lying foes rejoice over me, my undeserved enemies wink knowingly.

John 16:20

Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.

Micah 7:10

When my enemy sees this, shame shall cover her: She who said to me, “Where is the Lord, your God?” My eyes shall see her downfall; now she will be trampled underfoot, like mud in the streets.

Ezekiel 25:6

For thus says the Lord God: Because you rejoiced over the land of Israel with scorn in your heart, clapping your hands and stamping your feet,

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may obtain forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been consecrated by faith in me.’

Amos 9:11

On that day I will raise up the fallen hut of David; I will wall up its breaches, raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Matthew 4:16

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

Jeremiah 50:11

Yes, rejoice and exult, you that plunder my heritage; Frisk like calves on the grass, neigh like stallions!

Isaiah 49:9

To say to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the roadways they shall find pasture, on every barren height shall their pastures be.

Isaiah 2:5

House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!

Psalm 37:24

May stumble, but he will never fall, for the Lord holds his hand.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked one borrows but does not repay; the righteous one is generous and gives.

Revelation 21:23

The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord, heeds his servant’s voice? Whoever walk in darkness, without any light, Yet trust in the name of the Lord and rely upon their God!

2 Corinthians 4:9

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;

Psalm 20:8

Some rely on chariots, others on horses, but we on the name of the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 8:4

Tell them: Thus says the Lord: When someone falls, do they not rise again? if they turn away, do they not turn back?

Jeremiah 48:27

Has Israel not been a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves that you wag your heads whenever you speak of him?

Ezekiel 36:5

therefore thus says the Lord God: Truly, with burning jealousy I speak against the remaining nations and against Edom; they all took possession of my land for plunder with wholehearted joy and utter contempt.

Micah 4:10

Writhe, go into labor, O daughter Zion, like a woman giving birth; For now you shall leave the city and camp in the fields; To Babylon you shall go, there you shall be rescued. There the Lord shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David on that day; and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.

Psalm 143:3

The enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.