47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is far spent, 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 thy eye be evil, thy whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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

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

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

The night is far spent, 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, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night 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, in the black and dark night:

And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looketh to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in its heavens.

And the angels who kept not their first state, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the great day.

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

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

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

Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And the earth was without form, 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 darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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

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

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD will arise upon thee, and his glory will be seen upon thee.

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths. The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. read more.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

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

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

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

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walketh in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walketh in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to 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 darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

And Moses stretched forth his hand towards 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 word.

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

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

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:

Ye are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

And the earth was without form, 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 we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

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

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

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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

For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to darkness, and tempest,

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

These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from 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 in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shades of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shades of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

And the earth was without form, 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 without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

And it came to pass, that when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

And entered into a boat, and went over the sea towards Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

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

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

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

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

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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

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

Ye are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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

For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to 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 to the ninth hour.

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

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

And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, 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 cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yes, 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 the LORD your God, before he shall cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and while ye look for light, he shall turn it into the shades 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.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun 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 to the ninth hour.

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thy eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

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

And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand towards heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

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

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

Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place, That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Woe to 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 without form, 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 the evening and the morning were the first day.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

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

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. read more.
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

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

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

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

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

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

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The night is far spent, 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 thy eye be evil, thy whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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

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

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.