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Matthew 4:16

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The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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  1. Isaiah 9:2Rank 1 from verse 16
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    2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

  2. Isaiah 42:6–7Rank 2 from verse 16
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    6I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

    7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

  3. Luke 1:78–79Rank 3 from verse 16
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    78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

    79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  4. Isaiah 60:1–3Rank 4 from verse 16
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    1ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

    2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

    3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

  5. Micah 7:8Rank 5 from verse 16
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    8¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

  6. Luke 2:32Rank 6 from verse 16
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    32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  7. Psalms 107:10–14Rank 7 from verse 16
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    10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

    11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

    12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

    13Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

    14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

  8. Amos 5:8Rank 8 from verse 16
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    8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

  9. Job 34:22Rank 9 from verse 16
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    22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  10. Jeremiah 13:16Rank 10 from verse 16
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    16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  11. Job 10:22Rank 11 from verse 16
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    22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  12. Job 3:5Rank 12 from verse 16
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    5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  13. Psalms 44:19Rank 13 from verse 16
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    19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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Matthew 4:16

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sat

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Was seated, took a seat, remained seated, or occupied a seat or place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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shadow

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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:12¶ Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

4:13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

4:14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

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