Psalm 107:10
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
Luke 1:79
To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
Exodus 2:23-24
Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage
2 Chronicles 33:11
So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.
Job 3:5
“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;
Let a cloud settle upon it;
Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).
Job 36:8-9
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Psalm 105:18
His feet they hurt with shackles;
Isaiah 9:2
The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness
Those who live in the dark land,
The Light will shine on them.
Isaiah 42:7
To open the eyes of the blind,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who sit in darkness from the prison.
Lamentations 3:6-7
He has made me live in dark places
Like those who have long been dead.
Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice over me [amid my tragedies], O my enemy!
Though I fall, I will rise;
Though I sit in the darkness [of distress], the Lord is a light for me.
Matthew 4:16
“The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light,
And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death,
Upon them a Light has dawned.”
Matthew 22:13
Romans 6:20-21
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness [you had no desire to conform to God’s will].
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“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;
Let a cloud settle upon it;
Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).
The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness
Those who live in the dark land,
The Light will shine on them.
“The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light,
And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death,
Upon them a Light has dawned.”
To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
Bound
His feet they hurt with shackles;
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
He has made me live in dark places
Like those who have long been dead.