13 Bible Verses about Darkness, As A Symbol Of Sin
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for, though they knew God, they have not honored him as God or given thanks to him, but they have indulged in futile speculations, until their stupid minds have become dark.
but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, your very light is darkness, how deep the darkness will be!
When I was among you day after day in the Temple you never laid a hand on me! But you choose this hour, and the cover of darkness!"
And the basis of the judgment is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were wicked, men have loved the darkness more than the light. For everyone who does wrong hates the light and will not come to it, for fear his actions will be exposed.
The night is nearly over; the day is at hand. So let us throw aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the armor of light.
Do not get into close and incongruous relations with unbelievers. What partnership can uprightness have with iniquity, or what can light have to do with darkness?
This is the message that we heard from him and announce to you: God is light; there is no darkness in him at all. If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.
They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,
Jesus said to them, "You will have the light only a little while longer. Go on while you still have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for those who go about in the dark do not know where they are going.
But whoever hates his brother is in darkness, and is living in darkness, and he does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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