Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Bible References

The gates

Psalm 9:13
Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalm 107:18
They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.

The shadow

Job 3:5
May darkness and gloom reclaim it,
and a cloud settle over it.
May an eclipse of the sun terrify it.
Job 12:22
He reveals mysteries from the darkness
and brings the deepest darkness into the light.
Psalm 23:4
Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.
Psalm 107:10
Others sat in darkness and gloom
prisoners in cruel chains
Amos 5:8
The One 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 out over the face of the earth
Yahweh is His name.
Matthew 4:16
The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.

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