Luke 1:79

New Century Version

It will shine on those who live in darkness, in the shadow of death. It will guide us into the path of peace.”

Cross References

Job 10:22

the land of darkest night, from the land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is darkness.”

Job 3:5

Let darkness and gloom have that day. Let a cloud hide it. Let thick darkness cover its light.

Psalm 107:10

Some sat in gloom and darkness; they were prisoners suffering in chains.

Psalm 107:14

He brought them out of their gloom and darkness and broke their chains.

Psalm 23:4

Even if I walk through a very dark valley, I will not be afraid, because you are with me. Your rod and your shepherd’s staff comfort me.

Psalm 25:12

Are there those who respect the Lord? He will point them to the best way.

Psalm 44:19

But you crushed us in this place where wild dogs live, and you covered us with deep darkness.

Proverbs 3:17

Wisdom will make your life pleasant and will bring you peace.

Proverbs 8:20

I do what is right and follow the path of justice.

Isaiah 42:16

Then I will lead the blind along a way they never knew; I will guide them along paths they have not known. I will make the darkness become light for them, and the rough ground smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not leave my people.

Isaiah 42:7

You will help the blind to see. You will free those who are in prison, and you will lead those who live in darkness out of their prison.

Isaiah 48:17

This is what the Lord, who saves you, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to do what is good, who leads you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 48:22

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

Isaiah 49:6

Now he told me, “You are an important servant to me to bring back the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the people of Israel who are left alive. But, more importantly, I will make you a light for all nations to show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

Isaiah 49:9

You will tell the prisoners, ‘Come out of your prison.’ You will tell those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’ The people will eat beside the roads, and they will find food even on bare hills.

Isaiah 59:8

They don’t know how to live in peace, and there is no fairness in their lives. They are dishonest. Anyone who lives as they live will never have peace.

Isaiah 9:2

Before those people lived in darkness, but now they have seen a great light. They lived in a dark land, but a light has shined on them.

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors didn’t say, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us out of Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a dry and rocky land, through a dark and dangerous land. He led us where no one travels or lives.’

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says: “Stand where the roads cross and look. Ask where the old way is, where the good way is, and walk on it. If you do, you will find rest for yourselves. But they have said, ‘We will not walk on the good way.’

Matthew 4:16

These people who live in darkness will see a great light. They live in a place covered with the shadows of death, but a light will shine on them.”

Luke 2:32

It is a light for the non-Jewish people to see and an honor for your people, the Israelites.”

John 1:9

The true Light that gives light to all was coming into the world!

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world so that whoever believes in me would not stay in darkness.

John 8:12

Later, Jesus talked to the people again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The person who follows me will never live in darkness but will have the light that gives life.”

John 9:5

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

Acts 10:36

You know the message that God has sent to the people of Israel is the Good News that peace has come through Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Lord of all people!

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to the light, away from the power of Satan and to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can have a place with those people who have been made holy by believing in me.’

Romans 3:17

They don’t know how to live in peace.”

Ephesians 5:8

In the past you were full of darkness, but now you are full of light in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light.