Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,
Matthew 11:5
the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.
Isaiah 61:1
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners;
Acts 10:38
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, he went around doing good and healing everyone who was oppressed by the devil.
Psalm 146:7-8
who brings justice for the oppressed, and who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners;
Isaiah 42:7
to open blind eyes and to bring out those who are bound from their cells, and those sitting in darkness from prison.
Luke 6:20
Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "How blessed are you who are destitute, because the kingdom of God is yours!
Luke 7:22
So he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have observed and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear again, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.
John 3:34
The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.
Acts 26:18
You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Genesis 3:15
"I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel."
2 Chronicles 34:27
"Because your heart was sensitive, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he had to say about this place and its inhabitants indeed, because you humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes, and cried out to me, I have heard you," declares the LORD.
Psalm 2:2
As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,
Psalm 2:6
"I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
Psalm 34:18
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed.
Psalm 45:7
You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.
Psalm 51:17
True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.
Psalm 102:20
to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death,
Psalm 107:10-16
Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,
Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their injuries.
Isaiah 11:2-5
The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
Isaiah 29:18-19
On that day the deaf will hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Isaiah 32:3
Then the eyes of those who can see won't turn away, and the ears of those who can hear will listen.
Isaiah 35:5
"Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unblocked;
Isaiah 42:1-4
"Here is my servant, whom I support, my chosen one, in whom I delight. I've placed my Spirit upon him; and he'll deliver his justice throughout the world.
Isaiah 42:16-18
I'll help the blind walk, even on a road they do not know; I'll guide them in directions they do not know. I'll turn the dark places into light in front of them, and the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I won't abandon them.
Isaiah 45:13
"I have aroused him in righteousness, and I'll make all his pathways smooth. It is he who will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price nor reward, " says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Isaiah 49:9
saying to captives, "Come out!' and to those who are in darkness, "Be free!' "They will feed on all the mountains, and their pasture will be on all the barren hills.
Isaiah 49:24-25
"Can they seize plunder from warriors, or can the captives of tyrants be rescued?
Isaiah 50:4
"The Lord GOD has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught.
Isaiah 52:2-3
Shake yourself from the dust and arise, and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem! Loosen the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Isaiah 57:15
"For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "He lives in the height and in holiness, and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 59:21-2
"As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "And my Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, won't depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children's children, from now on and forever."
Isaiah 66:2
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But this is the one to whom I will look favorably: to the one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my message.
Ezekiel 9:4
The LORD told him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of everyone who sighs and moans over all of the loathsome things that are happening in it."
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city: to restrain transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for lawlessness, to establish everlasting righteousness, to conclude vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Zephaniah 3:12
I will keep a humble and gentle people among you, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
Zechariah 9:11-12
Now concerning you and my blood covenant with you, I have liberated your prisoners from a waterless pit.
Zechariah 11:11
It was broken at that time so the oppressed of the flock who were observing me would know that it had been a message from the LORD.
Malachi 4:2
But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls
Matthew 4:16
The people living in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land and shadow of death, a light has risen."
Matthew 5:3
"How blessed are those who are destitute in spirit, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 9:27-30
As Jesus was traveling on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"
Matthew 12:20
He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.
John 1:41
The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Anointed One!" (which is translated "Messiah").
John 9:39-41
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."
John 12:46
I've come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me won't remain in the darkness.
Acts 4:27
For in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate actually met together with unbelievers and the people of Israel to oppose your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
Ephesians 5:8-14
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,
Colossians 1:13
God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,
1 Thessalonians 5:5-6
For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?
1 John 2:8-10
On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.