38 Bible Verses about Darkness
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This is the Message which we have heard from the Lord Jesus and now deliver to you--God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness.
that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'
There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.
And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.
Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!
Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the Light of the world," He said; "the man who follows me shall certainly not walk in the dark, but shall have the light of Life."
If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth.
for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.
Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?
Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.
Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death--To direct our feet into the path of peace."
The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord-- that great and illustrious day;
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Darkness » Spiritual
The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.
but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!
There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
Darkness » Works of
Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.
For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.
Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions
Darkness » Figurative of punishment
And angels--those who did not keep the position originally assigned to them, but deserted their own proper abode--He reserves in everlasting bonds, in darkness, in preparation for the judgement of the great day.
These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved.
while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
"The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, "'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'
Darkness » Illustrative of » Greatness and unsearchableness of God
Darkness » Physical
Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
Darkness » Illustrative of » Ignorance and error
that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'
And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness. He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others. But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Darkness » Those that walk in darkness
But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
"Are there not twelve hours in the day?" replied Jesus. "If any one walks in the daytime, he does not stumble--because he sees the light of this world. But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."
"Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.
Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live, with darkened understandings, having by reason of the ignorance which is deep-seated in them and the insensibility of their moral nature, no share in the Life which God gives.
This is the Message which we have heard from the Lord Jesus and now deliver to you--God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness. If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth.
Darkness » Supernatural
Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
When the Lamb broke the sixth seal I looked, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became as dark as sackcloth, and the whole disc of the moon became like blood.
Darkness » Figurative » power of darkness,
For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world--the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.
It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.
The fifth angel poured his bowl on to the throne of the Wild Beast; and his kingdom became darkened. People gnawed their tongues because of the pain,
While day after day I was with you in the Temple, you did not lay hands upon me; but to you belongs this hour--and the power of darkness."
Darkness » Illustrative of » The punishment of devils and wicked men
For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, keeping them in readiness for judgement.
These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved.
"The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, "'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'
Darkness » What came out of darkness
For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.
Darkness » Illustrative of » The power of satan
For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world--the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.
It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
Darkness » Illustrative of » A course of sin
Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
Darkness » Illustrative of » Secrecy
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
Darkness » Miraculous » On mount sinai
For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--
Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Thick
Darkness » Illustrative of » The grave
Darkness » Over the face of the earth
Darkness » Created by God
Darkness » Caused by the setting of the sun
There they got on board a boat, and pushed off to cross the Lake to Capernaum. By this time it had become dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.
Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to go astray
But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
"Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
Darkness » Miraculous » In egypt
Darkness » Figurative » outer darkness,
while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
"The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, "'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'
But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'
Darkness » Who is not in darkness
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that daylight should surprise you like a thief; for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.
Darkness » The wicked » The children of
for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.
Darkness » Miraculous » At mount sinai
For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--
Darkness » What happens in the night
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, drink at night.
Darkness » Miraculous » At the crucifixion
Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.
Darkness » Miraculous » Over the land of egypt
Darkness » Casting off the works of darkness
Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers. The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.
Darkness » Cannot hide us from God
Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Gross
Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Great
Darkness » Miraculous » Before the destruction of jerusalem
"But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
Darkness » Miraculous » At the death of Christ
Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
Darkness » When your body is full of darkness
The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened. Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.
Darkness » What is as darkness
Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » That may be felt
Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Outer or extreme
while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to stumble
Darkness » Effects of » Cannot » See » Objects
Darkness » The wicked » Being Full of
but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!
Darkness » The wicked » Live in
Darkness » Inexplicable nature of
Darkness » The lord creating darkness
Darkness » Those that put darkness for light, and light for darkness
Darkness » Originally covered the earth
Darkness » Separated from the light
Darkness » Called night
Darkness » The wicked » Walk in
Darkness » There being no darkness in God
This is the Message which we have heard from the Lord Jesus and now deliver to you--God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness.
Darkness » Exhibits God's power and greatness
Darkness » Often put for night
Darkness » Illustrative of » Anything hateful
Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in
Darkness » Illustrative of » Abstruse and deep subjects
Darkness » God creates
Darkness » Called the swaddling band of the sea
Days » A time of judgment called a day of » Darkness
intercession » Answered » Instances of » Of moses, in behalf of pharaoh » Plague » Darkness
Miracles » To witness to Christ as messiah spurious » Darkness
Plague » Darkness
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Darkness
These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved.
while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness
The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.
but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!
There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
Topics on Darkness
Coming Out Of Darkness
Matthew 4:16The people who were dwelling in darkness have seen a brilliant light; and on those who were dwelling in the region of the shadow of death, on them light has dawned."
Darkness At The End
Matthew 24:29"But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
Darkness During Daytime
Matthew 27:45Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
Darkness Of Evil
Luke 22:53While day after day I was with you in the Temple, you did not lay hands upon me; but to you belongs this hour--and the power of darkness."
Darkness Of Night
John 6:17There they got on board a boat, and pushed off to cross the Lake to Capernaum. By this time it had become dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.
Darkness, As A Symbol Of Sin
Romans 1:21For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
Darkness, And God's Judgment
Matthew 25:30But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'
Darkness, Deliverance From
Matthew 4:16The people who were dwelling in darkness have seen a brilliant light; and on those who were dwelling in the region of the shadow of death, on them light has dawned."
darkness, natural
Hebrews 12:18-21For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--
From Darkness To Light
Luke 1:79Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death--To direct our feet into the path of peace."
Light And Darkness
2 Corinthians 6:14Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?
Outer Darkness
Matthew 8:12while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
Overtaken By Darkness
Acts 13:11The Lord's hand is now upon you, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the light of day." Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and, as he walked about, he begged people to lead him by the hand.
Spiritual Darkness
John 11:10But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."
Supernatural Darkness
Matthew 27:45Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
The Outer Darkness
Matthew 8:12while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
Walking In Darkness
John 3:19And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
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