47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind. And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. read more.
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.

For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

and they entered into a boat, and were going over the sea unto Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed. The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee .

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof, That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Or who'shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb; When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it. As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months. read more.
Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein. Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan. Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

Man'setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.