47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --

And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.

When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

You also know that the angels who did not keep within their proper domain but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness, locked up for the judgment of the great Day.

These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

That night -- let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

"In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet. He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind. He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity, who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, read more.
who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil; whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths. Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief. And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask. read more.
In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness. The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain.

Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!"

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,

These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. God said, "Let there be light." And there was light!

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain!' I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.

On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army -- there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

"I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.

got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt." So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would. For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt." So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers. The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me," even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

"Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness. Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt."

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

"In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place, that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

the plague that comes in the darkness, or the disease that comes at noon.

That day -- let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it! Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it! That night -- let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months! read more.
Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it! Let those who curse the day curse it -- those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army -- there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

That day will be a day of God's anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt." So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt." So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --

And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.