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, O Lord;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalm 107:18
Their soul abhorred all kinds of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
Psalm 116:3
The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

The shadow

Job 3:5
“Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 12:22
“He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 107:10
There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,
Amos 5:8
He who made the Pleiades and Orion
And changes deep darkness into morning,
Who also darkens day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.
Matthew 4:16
The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”

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