Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Bowed

Psalm 144:5

Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Isaiah 64:1
Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

Darkness

Exodus 20:21
So the people stood at a [safe] distance, but Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
Deuteronomy 4:11
You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud].
Psalm 97:2

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Psalm 104:3

Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament],
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).
Luke 23:44
It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),