'Dark' in the Bible

When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.

Let me go through all your sheep today and remove every sheep that is speckled or spotted, every dark-colored sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the female goats. Such will be my wages.

That day Laban removed the streaked and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored one among the lambs, and he placed his sons in charge of them.

Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face the streaked and the completely dark sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and didn’t put them with Laban’s sheep.

so that at noon you will grope as a blind man gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.

So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark. Then Boaz said, “Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

He parted the heavens and came down,a dark cloud beneath His feet.

In a little while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a downpour. So Ahab got in his chariot and went to Jezreel.

May its morning stars grow dark.May it wait for daylight but have none;may it not see the breaking of dawn.

The light in his tent grows dark,and the lamp beside him is put out.

In the dark they break into houses;by day they lock themselves in,never experiencing the light.

He parted the heavens and came down,a dark cloud beneath His feet.

He made darkness His hiding place,dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.

Let their way be dark and slippery,with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Consider the covenant,for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—for did they not defy His commands?

even the darkness is not dark to You.The night shines like the day;darkness and light are alike to You.

at twilight, in the evening,in the dark of the night.

Daughters of Jerusalem,I am dark like the tents of Kedar,yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.

Do not stare at me because I am dark,for the sun has gazed on me.My mother’s sons were angry with me;they made me a keeper of the vineyards.I have not kept my own vineyard.

Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellationswill not give their light.The sun will be dark when it rises,and the moon will not shine.

Give us counsel and make a decision.Shelter us at noondaywith shade that is as dark as night.Hide the refugees;do not betray the one who flees.

In the streets they cry for wine.All joy grows dark;earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.

Because of this, the earth will mourn;the skies above will grow dark.I have spoken; I have planned,and I will not relent or turn back from it.

And while they look on, lift the bags to your shoulder and take them out in the dark; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

So I did just as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought out my bags like an exile’s bags. In the evening I dug through the wall by hand; I took them out in the dark, carrying them on my shoulder in their sight.

The prince who is among them will lift his bags to his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land with his eyes.

The day will be dark in Tehaphnehes,when I break the yoke of Egypt thereand its proud strengthcomes to an end in the city.A cloud will cover Tehaphnehes,and its villages will go into captivity.

As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy and dark day.

The earth quakes before them;the sky shakes.The sun and moon grow dark,and the stars cease their shining.

The sun and moon will grow dark,and the stars will cease their shining.

Therefore, it will be night for you—without visions;it will grow dark for you—without divination.The sun will set on these prophets,and the daylight will turn black over them.

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

But you, brothers, are not in the dark, for this day to overtake you like a thief.