Matthew 4:16

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Matthew 4:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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Psalms 107:10

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Psalms 107:11

because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Psalms 107:12

He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Psalms 107:13

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

Psalms 107:14

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

Isaiah 42:6

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 42:7

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

Isaiah 60:2

For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.

Isaiah 60:3

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Micah 7:8

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Luke 1:78

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

Job 3:5

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Job 10:22

to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

Job 34:22

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Psalms 44:19

But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Amos 5:8

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—