Luke 1:79
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.””
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“to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
King James Version · Public Domain“To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 1:79 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
- Job 10:22to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
- Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
- Psalms 44:19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
- Psalms 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
- Proverbs 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- Isaiah 42:7to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
- Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
- Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to 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 for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- Isaiah 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
- Isaiah 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
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