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Mat 4:16 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

which sat in darkness		Psa 107:10-14; Isa 42:6,7; Isa 60:1-3; Mic 7:8; Luk 1:78,79; Luk 2:32
shadow		Job 3:5; Job 10:22; Job 34:22; Psa 44:19; Jer 13:16; Amo 5:8

Correlating Passages

which sat in darkness

	Psa 107:10	Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;
	Psa 107:11	Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
	Psa 107:12	Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help.
	Psa 107:13	Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.
	Psa 107:14	He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
	Isa 42:6	I 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;
	Isa 42:7	To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
	Isa 60:1	Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
	Isa 60:2	For, 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.
	Isa 60:3	And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
	Mic 7:8	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.
	Luk 1:78	Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
	Luk 1:79	To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
	Luk 2:32	A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

shadow

	Job 3:5	Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
	Job 10:22	A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
	Job 34:22	[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
	Psa 44:19	Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
	Jer 13:16	Give 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.
	Amo 5:8	[Seek 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:

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 4:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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