11 Bible Verses about Darkness, And God's Judgment

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Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].’

Revelation 16:10-11

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness; and people gnawed their tongues because of the pain [of their excruciating anguish and severe torment], and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their anguish and their sores (abscesses, boils); and they did not repent of what they had done nor hate their wickedness.

Isaiah 8:22

Then they will look to the earth, they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness and overwhelming night.

Job 5:13-14


“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.

“In the daytime they meet in darkness,
And at noon they grope as in the night.

Romans 11:10


Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see,
And make their backs bend [under their burden] forever.”

Isaiah 5:30


And in that day they will roar against them (Judah) like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks to the land, in fact, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light will be darkened by its clouds.

Deuteronomy 28:28-29

The Lord will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart and mind; and you will be groping at noon [in broad daylight], just as the blind grope in the darkness, and nothing you do will prosper; but you will only be oppressed and exploited and robbed continually, with no one to save you.

Nahum 1:8


But with an overwhelming flood [of judgment through invading armies]
He will make a complete destruction of its site
And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

Joel 2:31


“The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

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