9 Bible Verses about Shadows

but after it is sown, it grows up, and becometh larger than other plants of the pulse kind, and shooteth out its branches so high, that the fowls of the air may lodge under its shadow.

every thing that is valuable, every gift that leads to perfection is deriv'd from heaven, it descends from that original light, which knows no change, no shadow, or decline:

the people which sat in darkness, saw a great light: and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up."

to enlighten those, who are in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to direct our steps into the ways of peace."

Let no man therefore condemn you for meats or drinks, or in respect of feasts, or new moons, or sabbaths: for these were only the shadows of future things, prefiguring Christ, who is the substance.

and officiate in the sanctuary, which was a gross representation of that in heaven, agreeable to the order given by God to Moses, when he projected the tabernacle, "be very exact, said he, in following the model which was laid before thee in the mount."

For the law being only an allusion to a future dispensation that was more excellent, and not an exact imitation of such a state, cannot by the anniversary sacrifices, which are offered, entirely purify those that present themselves.

insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least, the shadow of Peter might cover some of them, as he pass'd by.

for these were only the shadows of future things, prefiguring Christ, who is the substance.