47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is almost over, and the day is near. Let's therefore put aside the actions of darkness and put on the armor of light.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,

And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

The night is almost over, and the day is near. Let's therefore put aside the actions of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.

Proceeding down the street near her corner, he makes his way toward her house at twilight, during the evening, even during the darkest part of the night.

or they'll look toward the earth, but they'll see only distress and darkness, the gloom that comes from anguish, and then they'll be thrown into total darkness."

Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision."

A light shines in the darkness for the upright, for the one who is gracious, compassionate, and just.

Furthermore, all his days he lives in darkness with great sorrow, anger, and affliction.

They will roar over it at that time, like the sea waves roar. If one surveys the land, watch out! There's darkness and distress; even the daylight is darkened by its clouds.

He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day.

These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Then the king told his servants, "Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside!' In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness.

The darkness around him was his canopies amassed water was his overhanging clouds!

Thick clouds are all around him; righteousness and justice are his throne's foundation.

Then the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet.

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.

When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,

to differentiate between day and night, and to distinguish light from darkness. And God saw how good it was.

Let darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar.

"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live?

You bring darkness and it becomes night; when every beast of the forest prowls.

Thick clouds are all around him; righteousness and justice are his throne's foundation.

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.

When morning came on the third day, there was thunder and lightning, with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and the very loud sound of a ram's horn. All the people in the camp trembled.

He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet. He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind! The darkness around him was his canopies amassed water was his overhanging clouds!

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.

And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?

For look! Darkness will cover the earth and thick darkness is over the people, but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you.

Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you, delivering you from the way of evil, from men who speak perverse things, and from those who abandon the right path to travel along the ways of darkness; read more.
who delight in doing evil, and rejoice in the perverseness of evil; whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course. The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief. The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, "No eye is watching me' while he veils his face. read more.
They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.

The wise use their eyes, but the fool walks in darkness. I also perceived that the same outcome affects them all.

The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble. But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness and lives in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness and lives in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus replied, "There are twelve hours in the day, aren't there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going. As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

Therefore, I tell you and insist on in the Lord not to live any longer like the gentiles live, thinking worthless thoughts. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all! If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words?

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.

For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,

For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.

The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast. Its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed on their tongues in anguish

While I was with you day after day in the Temple, you didn't lay a hand on me. But this is your hour, when darkness reigns!"

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into the lowest hell and imprisoned them in chains of deepest darkness, holding them for judgment;

These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

Then the king told his servants, "Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside!' In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah.

When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters, God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light.

For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

and from those who abandon the right path to travel along the ways of darkness;

What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered in your ear you must shout from the housetops.

I didn't speak in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I didn't say to Jacob's descendants, "Seek me in chaos.' I, the LORD, speak truth, declaring what is right.

When morning came on the third day, there was thunder and lightning, with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and the very loud sound of a ram's horn. All the people in the camp trembled.

You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,

A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."

"The LORD declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire and dark clouds, and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

He guards the steps of his faithful ones, while the wicked are made silent in darkness. He grants the request of the one who prays. He blesses the year of the righteous. Indeed it's not by strength that a person prevails.

before I go, never to return, leaving for the land of deep darkness and shadow. It's a gloomy land, like deepest darkness; where there's no order, and where even the brightness is like darkness.'"

when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there.

"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

You bring darkness and it becomes night; when every beast of the forest prowls.

When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness and lives in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words?

Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch your hand toward the sky and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that one can feel." So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Then the king told his servants, "Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside!' In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

Throw this useless servant into the darkness outside! In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'"

However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the Day of the Lord might surprise you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.

For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.

Then the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,

For people who go to sleep, go to sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night.

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch your hand toward the sky and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that one can feel." So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

This is necessary because you know the times it's already time for you to wake up from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we became believers. The night is almost over, and the day is near. Let's therefore put aside the actions of darkness and put on the armor of light.

If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night," even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.

Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. You hope for light, but he turns it into deep darkness. He changes it into heavy gloom.

As the sun began to set, Abram was overcome with deep sleep, and suddenly a frightening and terrifying darkness descended on him.

"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it's evil, your body is full of darkness. Therefore, be careful that the light in you isn't darkness.

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch your hand toward the sky and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that one can feel."

But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Let's grope along the wall like the blind; let us grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as if it were twilight, in desolate places like dead people.

No one could see anyone else, nor could anyone get up from his place for three days. But there was light for all the Israelis in their dwellings.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,

"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live? Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house?

"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

"How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!"

When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,

God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness,

calling the light "day," and the darkness "night." The twilight and the dawn were day one.

They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all!

"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb, when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

plague that strikes in the darkness, or calamity that destroys at noon.

Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it. Let darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; let clouds settle down on it; let blackness in mid-day terrify it. Let darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar. read more.
"Yes, let that night be barren; let it not appear with its joyful shout. Let whoever curses days curse it those who are ready to awaken monsters. Let the stars of its evening twilight be dark; let it hope for light but let there be none; let it not see the breaking rays of the dawn.

They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.

Mankind limits the darkness as they search the deepest depths for ore in unfathomable darkness.

"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."

That day will be filled with wrath, a day of trouble and tribulation, a day of desolation and devastation, a day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows,

Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch your hand toward the sky and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that one can feel." So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else, nor could anyone get up from his place for three days. But there was light for all the Israelis in their dwellings.

So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch your hand toward the sky and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that one can feel." So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else, nor could anyone get up from his place for three days. But there was light for all the Israelis in their dwellings.

These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

The night is almost over, and the day is near. Let's therefore put aside the actions of darkness and put on the armor of light.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,

And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.