Luke 1:79

New International Reader's Version

It will shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet on the path of peace.”

Cross References

Job 10:22

It’s the land of darkest night and total darkness and disorder. There even the light is like darkness.’ ”

Job 3:5

May gloom and total darkness take it back. May a cloud settle over it. May blackness cover it up.

Psalm 107:10

Others lived in the deepest darkness. They suffered as prisoners in iron chains.

Psalm 107:14

He brought them out of the deepest darkness. He broke their chains off.

Psalm 23:4

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid. You are with me. Your shepherd’s rod and staff comfort me.

Psalm 25:12

Who are the people who have respect for the Lord? God will teach them the ways they should choose.

Psalm 44:19

But you crushed us and left us to the wild dogs. You covered us over with deep darkness.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways. All her paths lead to peace.

Proverbs 8:20

I walk in ways that are honest. I take paths that are right.

Isaiah 42:16

Israel is blind. So I will lead them along paths they had not known before. I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with. I will turn the darkness into light as they travel. I will make the rough places smooth. Those are the things I will do. I will not desert my people.

Isaiah 42:7

You will open eyes that can’t see. You will set prisoners free. Those who sit in darkness will come out of their cells.

Isaiah 48:17

The Lord is the Holy One of Israel. He sets his people free. He says to them, “I am the Lord your God. I teach you what is best for you. I direct you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace for those who are evil,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 49:6

Here is what the Lord says to me. “It is not enough for you as my servant to bring the tribes of Jacob back to their land. It is not enough for you to bring back the people of Israel I have kept alive. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles. Then you will make it possible for the whole world to be saved.”

Isaiah 49:9

I want you to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out.’ Tell those who are in their dark cells, ‘You are free!’ “On their way home they will eat beside the roads. They will find plenty to eat on every bare hill.

Isaiah 59:8

They don’t know how to live at peace with others. What they do isn’t fair. They lead twisted lives. No one who lives like that will enjoy peace and rest.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who are now living in darkness will see a great light. They are now living in a very dark land. But a light will shine on them.

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord? He brought us up out of Egypt. He led us through a dry and empty land. He guided us through deserts and deep valleys. It was a land of total darkness where there wasn’t any rain. No one lived or traveled there.’

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord tells the people of Judah, “Stand where the roads cross, and look around. Ask where the old paths are. Ask for the good path, and walk on it. Then your hearts will find rest in me. But you said, ‘We won’t walk on it.’

Matthew 4:16

The people who are now living in darkness have seen a great light. They are now living in a very dark land. But a light has shined on them.” (Isaiah 9:1,2)

Luke 2:32

It is a light to be given to the Gentiles. It will be the glory of your people Israel.”

John 1:9

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

John 12:46

I have come into the world to be its light. So no one who believes in me will stay in darkness.

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to the people again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in darkness. They will have that light. They will have life.”

John 9:5

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

Acts 10:36

You know the message God sent to the people of Israel. It is the good news of peace through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes. I want you to turn them from darkness to light. I want you to turn them from Satan’s power to God. I want their sins to be forgiven. They will be forgiven when they believe in me. They will have their place among God’s people.’

Romans 3:17

They do not know how to live in peace.” (Isaiah 59:7,8)

Ephesians 5:8

At one time you were in the dark. But now you are in the light because of what the Lord has done. Live like children of the light.