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‘Shadow’ in the Bible – All 64 Bible verses / Bible passages

Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Shadow’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.

The term ‘Shadow’ occurs 64 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Genesis

Genesis 19:8 I have two daughters who as yet have not known man. I will bring them out to you; abuse them as it pleases you, provided that you do no evil to these men, because they have entered under the shadow of my roof.”Genesis 19:8

Number of the word / term Shadow in Genesis: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Judges

Judges 9:15 And it responded to them: ‘If truly you would appoint me as king, come and rest under my shadow. But if you are not willing, let fire go forth from the bramble, and let it devour the cedars of Lebanon.’ ”Judges 9:15

Judges 9:36 And when Gaal had seen the people, he said to Zebul, “Behold, a multitude is descending from the mountains.” And he responded to him, “You are seeing the shadows of the mountains, as if they were the heads of men, and so you are being deceived by this error.”Judges 9:36

Number of the word / term Shadow in Judges: 2

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book 1 Kings

1 Kings 19:5 And he stretched himself out, and he slept deeply in the shadow of the juniper tree. And behold, an Angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him, “Rise up and eat.”1 Kings 19:5

Number of the word / term Shadow in 1 Kings: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book 2 Kings

2 Kings 20:9 And Isaiah said to him: “This will be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word that he has spoken: Do you wish that the shadow may ascend ten lines, or that it may turn back for the same number of degrees?”2 Kings 20:9

2 Kings 20:10 And Hezekiah said: “It is an easy for the shadow to increase for ten lines. And so I do not wish that this be done. Instead, let it turn back for ten degrees.”2 Kings 20:10

2 Kings 20:11 And so the prophet Isaiah called upon the Lord. And he led back the shadow, along the lines by which it had already descended on the sundial of Ahaz, in reverse for ten degrees.2 Kings 20:11

Number of the word / term Shadow in 2 Kings: 3

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are sojourners and new arrivals before you, as all our fathers were. Our days upon the earth are like a shadow, and there is no delay.1 Chronicles 29:15

Number of the word / term Shadow in 1 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Job

Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death obscure it, let a fog overtake it, and let it be enveloped in bitterness.Job 3:5

Job 8:9 (of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)Job 8:9

Job 10:22 a land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and nothing else but everlasting horror, dwells.Job 10:22

Job 12:22 He reveals the depths of the darkness, and he brings the shadow of death into the light.Job 12:22

Job 14:2 He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.Job 14:2

Job 24:17 If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light.Job 24:17

Job 28:3 He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.Job 28:3

Job 34:22 There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.Job 34:22

Job 40:21 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.Job 40:21

Job 40:22 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.Job 40:22

Number of the word / term Shadow in Job: 10

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Psalm

Psalm 17:8 From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,Psalm 17:8

Psalm 23:4 For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.Psalm 23:4

Psalm 44:20 For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.Psalm 44:20

Psalm 57:1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into a cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you. And I will hope in the shadow of your wings, until iniquity passes away.Psalm 57:1

Psalm 80:10 Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.Psalm 80:10

Psalm 88:6 They have lain me in the lower pit: in dark places and in the shadow of death.Psalm 88:6

Psalm 102:11 My days have declined like a shadow, and I have dried out like hay.Psalm 102:11

Psalm 107:10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.Psalm 107:10

Psalm 107:14 And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.Psalm 107:14

Psalm 109:23 I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, and I have been shaken off like locusts.Psalm 109:23

Psalm 144:4 Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.Psalm 144:4

Number of the word / term Shadow in Psalm: 11

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Proverbs

Proverbs 7:9 He steps into shadows, as day becomes evening, into the darkness and gloom of the night.Proverbs 7:9

Number of the word / term Shadow in Proverbs: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 8:13 So, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow.Ecclesiastes 8:13

Number of the word / term Shadow in Ecclesiastes: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Song

Song of Solomon 2:3 Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.Song of Solomon 2:3

Song of Solomon 2:16 Bride to Chorus: My beloved is for me, and I am for him. He pastures among the lilies, until the day rises and the shadows decline.Song of Solomon 2:16

Song of Solomon 4:6 Until the day rises and the shadows decline, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.Song of Solomon 4:6

Number of the word / term Shadow in Song: 3

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Isaiah

Isaiah 9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. A light has risen for the inhabitants of the region of the shadow of death.Isaiah 9:2

Isaiah 16:3 Form a plan. Call a council. Let your shadow be as if it were night, even at midday. Conceal the fugitives, and do not betray the wanderers.Isaiah 16:3

Isaiah 25:4 For you have been the strength of the poor, the strength of the indigent in his tribulation, a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the spirit of the mighty is like a whirlwind striking against a wall.Isaiah 25:4

Isaiah 30:2 You are walking so as to descend into Egypt, and you have not sought answers from my mouth, instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaoh and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt.Isaiah 30:2

Isaiah 30:3 And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.Isaiah 30:3

Isaiah 32:2 And a man will be like someone hidden from the wind, who conceals himself from a storm, or like rivers of waters in a time of thirst, or like the shadow of a rock that juts out in a desert land.Isaiah 32:2

Isaiah 34:15 In that place, the hedgehog has kept its den, and has raised its young, and has dug around them, and has kept them warm in its shadow. In that place, the birds of prey have joined together, one to another.Isaiah 34:15

Isaiah 38:8 Behold, I will cause the shadow of the lines, which has now descended on the sundial of Ahaz, to move in reverse for ten lines.” And so, the sun moved backward by ten lines, through the degrees by which it had descended.Isaiah 38:8

Isaiah 49:2 And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.Isaiah 49:2

Isaiah 51:16 I have placed my words in your mouth, and I have protected you in the shadow of my hand, so that you might plant the heavens, and found the earth, and so that you might say to Zion, “You are my people.”Isaiah 51:16

Number of the word / term Shadow in Isaiah: 10

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Jeremiah

Jeremiah 6:4 ‘Sanctify a war against her! Rise up together, and let us ascend at midday.’ ‘Woe to us! For the day has declined; for the shadows of the evening have grown longer.’Jeremiah 6:4

Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before darkness falls, and before your feet stumble on the darkened mountains. You will expect light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death and into utter darkness.Jeremiah 13:16

Jeremiah 48:45 Those fleeing from the snare stood in the shadow of Heshbon. For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it will devour the portion of Moab, and the top of the head of the sons of tumult.Jeremiah 48:45

Number of the word / term Shadow in Jeremiah: 3

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Lamentations

Lamentations 4:20 RES. The spirit of our mouth, Christ the Lord, has been captured by our sins; to him, we said, “In your shadow, we will live among the Gentiles.”Lamentations 4:20

Number of the word / term Shadow in Lamentations: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Ezekiel

Ezekiel 17:23 On the sublime mountains of Israel, I will plant it. And it shall spring forth in buds and bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar. And all the birds will live under it, and every bird will make its nest under the shadow of its branches.Ezekiel 17:23

Ezekiel 31:6 And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.Ezekiel 31:6

Ezekiel 31:12 And foreigners, and the most cruel among the nations, will cut him down. And they will cast him on the mountains. And his branches will fall in every steep valley, and his grove will be broken apart on every cliff of the earth. And all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shadow, and abandon him.Ezekiel 31:12

Ezekiel 31:17 For they, too, will descend with him into hell, to those who have been slain by the sword. And the arm of each one will reside under his shadow, in the midst of the nations.Ezekiel 31:17

Number of the word / term Shadow in Ezekiel: 4

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Hosea

Hosea 4:13 They have offered sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burnt incense on the hills, under the oak, and the poplar, and the terebinth tree, because its shadow was good; therefore, your daughters will commit fornication and your spouses will be adulteresses.Hosea 4:13

Hosea 14:7 They will be converted, sitting in his shadow. They will live on wheat, and they will grow like a vine. His memorial will be like the wine of the cedars of Lebanon.Hosea 14:7

Number of the word / term Shadow in Hosea: 2

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Jonah

Jonah 4:5 And Jonah went out of the city, and he sat opposite the east of the city. And he made himself a shelter there, and he was sitting under it in the shadow, until he might see what would befall the city.Jonah 4:5

Jonah 4:6 And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it ascended over the head of Jonah so as to be a shadow over his head, and to protect him (for he had labored hard). And Jonah rejoiced because of the ivy, with great rejoicing.Jonah 4:6

Number of the word / term Shadow in Jonah: 2

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Matthew

Matthew 4:16 A people who were sitting in darkness have seen a great light. And unto those sitting in the region of the shadow of death, a light has risen.”Matthew 4:16

Number of the word / term Shadow in Matthew: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Mark

Mark 4:32 And when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all the plants, and it produces great branches, so much so that the birds of the air are able to live under its shadow.”Mark 4:32

Number of the word / term Shadow in Mark: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Luke

Luke 1:79 to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to direct our feet in the way of peace.”Luke 1:79

Number of the word / term Shadow in Luke: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Acts

Acts 5:15 so much so that they laid the infirm in the streets, placing them on beds and stretchers, so that, as Peter arrived, at least his shadow might fall upon any one of them, and they would be freed from their infirmities.Acts 5:15

Number of the word / term Shadow in Acts: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Colossians

Colossians 2:17 For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.Colossians 2:17

Number of the word / term Shadow in Colossians: 1

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book Hebrews

Hebrews 8:5 gifts which serve as mere examples and shadows of the heavenly things. And so it was answered to Moses, when he was about to complete the tabernacle: “See to it,” he said, “that you make everything according to the example which was revealed to you on the mountain.”Hebrews 8:5

Hebrews 10:1 For the law contains the shadow of future good things, not the very image of these things. So, by the very same sacrifices which they offer ceaselessly each year, they can never cause these to approach perfection.Hebrews 10:1

Number of the word / term Shadow in Hebrews: 2

Bible passages with ‘Shadow’ in the book James

James 1:17 Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.James 1:17

Number of the word / term ‘Shadow’ in James: 1

These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.

Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 64

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