38 Bible Verses about Darkness

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Ephesians 5:13

But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.

Luke 11:35

Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.

Matthew 10:27

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.

Luke 11:34

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.

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Darkness » Spiritual

Darkness » Works of

More verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:7

Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions

More verses: Isaiah 59:9

Darkness » Figurative of punishment

Jude 1:6

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.

More verses: Job 18:5

Darkness » Illustrative of » Greatness and unsearchableness of God

Darkness » Physical

More verses: Amos 4:13

Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures

More verses: Psalm 18:11 Hebrews 12:18

Darkness » Illustrative of » Ignorance and error

More verses: John 12:35

Darkness » Who is in darkness

1 John 2:9-11

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

1 John 2:11

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.

John 11:9-10

"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."

John 12:35-36

"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.

Ephesians 4:17-18

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.

1 John 1:5-6

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

Darkness » Figurative » power of darkness,

Revelation 16:10

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,

Darkness » Illustrative of » The punishment of devils and wicked men

Darkness » What came out of darkness

Darkness » Illustrative of » The power of satan

Darkness » Illustrative of » A course of sin

Darkness » Illustrative of » Secrecy

Matthew 10:27

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

Hebrews 12:18

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

John 6:17

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

1 John 2:11

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.

John 12:35

"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,

Darkness » Who is not in darkness

1 Thessalonians 5:4-5

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

Darkness » Miraculous » At mount sinai

Hebrews 12:18

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

Darkness » Miraculous » At the crucifixion

Mark 15:33

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

Romans 13:11-12

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

Darkness » Miraculous » At the death of Christ

Darkness » When your body is full of darkness

Luke 11:34-35

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

Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to stumble

Darkness » Effects of » Cannot » See » Objects

Darkness » The wicked » Being Full of

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

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

Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness

Topics on Darkness

Coming Out Of Darkness

Matthew 4:16

The 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 Of Night

John 6:17

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, Deliverance From

Matthew 4:16

The 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 12:18-21

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--

Overtaken By Darkness

Acts 13:11

The 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 11:10

But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."

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