47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is far along 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 your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.

You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk (live) (be occupied) as children of light

His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.

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

Every one who does evil hates the light. He does not come to the light because his works would be reproved.

The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

He passed through the street near her corner. He went to her house. In the twilight, in the evening, in the darkness of the night:

They will look toward the nations of the earth and see only distress and gloom. They will go in anguish and be banished into darkness.

But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom that covers me.

Light shines in the darkness for the upright. He is gracious, compassionate, and fair.

All his days he eats in darkness. He has much sorrow and anger with his sickness.

In that day they will roar over their prey as the sea roars. If they look at the land, they will see only darkness and distress. Thick clouds will darken even the light.

Angels who did not keep their position left their proper habitation. He has kept them in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

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

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

The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.

He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.

You surrounded yourself with darkness. You made the dark rain clouds your covers.

Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

But the people continued to stand at a distance. Only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.

You opened the heavens like curtains. You came down with storm clouds under your feet.

Solomon prayed: Jehovah, you have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.

The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

The lights were to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good.

About that night, may thick darkness seize it. May it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And where does darkness reside?

You appoint darkness and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.

Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

Solomon prayed: Jehovah, you have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.

On the morning of the third day there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain. A very loud trumpet sounded. It caused all the people in the camp to tremble.

You opened the heavens like curtains. You came down with storm clouds under your feet. You rode on the angels as you flew. You soared on the wings of the wind. You surrounded yourself with darkness. You made the dark rain clouds your covers.

Then Solomon proclaimed: Jehovah said he would live in a dark cloud.

His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. They may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

Teach us what we should say to him! We can arrange nothing because of darkness.

Darkness now covers the earth! Thick darkness overwhelms the nations. But Jehovah shines for you. His glory appears to you.

Discretion will protect you. Understanding will watch over you. It will deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things. Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness? read more.
Who rejoice in doing evil? They delight in the perversity of the wicked. The wicked are crooked. They are devious in their ways.

There are those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief. The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight. He says: 'No eye will see me.' Then he disguises his face. read more.
In the dark they dig through houses. By day they shut themselves up. They do not know the light.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I saw that the same event happens to them all.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness! He who loves his brother lives in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling (offence) in him. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he goes because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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

Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

Jesus said to them: The light will be with you for a little while. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light, exert active faith in the light, that you may become sons of light. Jesus said this and then he departed and hid himself from them.

This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity (futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking). They are darkened (blinded) (obscured) in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart.

This is the message we heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not live (practice) the truth.

Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days.

He sent darkness and made their land dark. They did not rebel against his orders.

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

When he opened the sixth seal I saw a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became like blood.

Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.

He rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love (the Son he dearly loves).

You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness.

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

I was with you every day in the temple. Yet you did not lift a hand against me. This is your hour for this power of darkness.

God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to captivity in pits of darkness reserved for judgment!

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

The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.

God said: Light will shine out of darkness. He shined in our hearts. He gave the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face (presence) ((person) of Jesus Christ.

The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters. Then God said: Let there be light! And there was light.

Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.

He rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love (the Son he dearly loves).

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness?

The things I tell you in darkness, speak in the light. Proclaim everything you hear from on top of the house.

I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness. I have not said to Jacob's descendants: Seek me in vain. I, Jehovah, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

On the morning of the third day there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain. A very loud trumpet sounded. It caused all the people in the camp to tremble.

You have not come to a mountain that can be touched, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm.

It is a day of darkness and gloom! It is a day of clouds and thick darkness! The dawn spreads upon the mountains. This great and mighty people have never seen anything like this. Nor will it be like this again even to the years of many generations.

Jehovah spoke to us when we gathered on the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the dark fiery cloud. Jehovah gave us these words, and only these. Then he wrote them on two flat tablets of stone and gave them to me.

He guards the feet of his holy ones. The wicked are silenced in darkness. Man will not prevail by strength.

before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, to the land of dark night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

When I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

I see the earth. It is without form and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone.

I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, Jehovah, do all these things.

You appoint darkness and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.

The sun went down and it was dark. A smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

They boarded a boat to travel over the sea to Capernaum. It was dark and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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

Jesus said to them: The light will be with you for a little while. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

He sent darkness and made their land dark. They did not rebel against his orders.

Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt. Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days.

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

The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.

Throw the worthless servant into outer darkness. There will be crying and grinding of teeth.'

You do not live in the dark. That day should not overtake you by surprise as a thief would. You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness.

You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness.

But the people continued to stand at a distance. Only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.

You have not come to a mountain that can be touched, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm.

They that sleep do so in the night. They that get drunk are drunk in the night.

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

It was the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt. Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days.

You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers. The night is far along 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: Certainly the darkness will overwhelm me! Then the light around me will be night. Even the darkness is not dark to you. And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to you.

Give glory to Jehovah your God before he brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You hope for light. He makes it into deep darkness and turns it into gloom.

As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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

The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is clear your entire body is full of light. When it is evil your body is full of darkness. Make sure the light that is in you is not darkness.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.

Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.

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

We grope like blind men along a wall. We grope like people without eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were evening. We are like dead people among the living.

The Egyptians could not see each other. No one left his house during that time. The Israelites, however, had light where they were living.

But if your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.

Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And where does darkness reside? Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?

I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, Jehovah, do all these things.

You are doomed! You call evil good and you call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter, sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter.

The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

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

God called the light day. He called the darkness night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.

Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.

This is the message we heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb? When I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

plagues that roam the dark, epidemics that strike at noon.

Let that day turn to darkness. May God above not care about it. Let no light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it once more. May a cloud settle over it and may blackness overwhelm its light. About that night, may thick darkness seize it. May it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months. read more.
Let the night be barren and may no shout of joy be heard in it. May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to lift up Leviathan (Babylonian symbol of sadness and mourning). Let its morning stars become dark and cause it to wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,

In the dark they dig through houses. By day they shut themselves up. They do not know the light.

Humans bring an end to darkness. He searches the black rock to the limit of the gloom.

I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, Jehovah, do all these things.

When I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

It is a day of darkness and gloom! It is a day of clouds and thick darkness! The dawn spreads upon the mountains. This great and mighty people have never seen anything like this. Nor will it be like this again even to the years of many generations.

That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish. That day will be a day of trouble, devastation and desolation! It will be a day of darkness and gloom. Indeed that day will be a day of clouds and overcast skies.

Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt. Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days. The Egyptians could not see each other. No one left his house during that time. The Israelites, however, had light where they were living.

Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days.

Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt. Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days. The Egyptians could not see each other. No one left his house during that time. The Israelites, however, had light where they were living.

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

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

The night is far along 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 your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.

You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk (live) (be occupied) as children of light

His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.