Luke 1:79

New American Standard Bible 2020

To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Cross References

Job 10:22

The land of utter gloom like darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And it shines like darkness.”

Job 3:5

“May darkness and black gloom claim it; May a cloud settle on it; May the blackness of the day terrify it.

Psalm 107:10

¶There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,

Psalm 107:14

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.

Psalm 23:4

¶Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 25:12

¶Who is the person who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

Psalm 44:19

Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with deep darkness.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.

Proverbs 8:20

“I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,

Isaiah 42:16

“I will lead those who are blind by a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them And uneven land into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone.”

Isaiah 42:7

To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

Isaiah 48:17

This is what the Lord says, He who is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to benefit, Who leads you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 49:6

He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the protected ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:9

Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go free,’ To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the roads, And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

Isaiah 59:8

They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever walks on them does not know peace.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.

Jeremiah 2:6

“They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and of deep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no person lived?’

Jeremiah 6:16

¶This is what the Lord says: “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; Then you will find a resting place for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Matthew 4:16

The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light, And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, Upon them a Light dawned.”

Luke 2:32

A light for revelation for the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.”

John 1:9

This was the true Light that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

John 12:46

I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness.

John 8:12

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

John 9:5

While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”

Acts 10:36

The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)—

Acts 26:18

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

Romans 3:17

And they have not known the way of peace.”

Ephesians 5:8

for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light