Matthew 4:16

New King James Version

The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.”

Cross References

Job 10:22

A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”

Job 3:5

May darkness and the shadow of death claim it; May a cloud settle on it; May the blackness of the day terrify it.

Job 34:22

There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Psalm 44:19

But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

Isaiah 9:1

Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, As when at first He lightly esteemed The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, And afterward more heavily oppressed her, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, In Galilee of the Gentiles.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.

Amos 5:8

He made the Pleiades and Orion; He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; The Lord is His name.

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me.

Luke 2:32

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