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.

Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

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.

The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.

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 constellations
will 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 noonday
with 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.

How dare you prophesy in the name of Yahweh, ‘This temple will become like Shiloh and this city will become an uninhabited ruin’!” Then all the people assembled against Jeremiah at the Lord’s temple.

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 there
and its proud strength
comes 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.

The chariots dash madly through the streets;
they rush around in the plazas.
They look like torches;
they dart back and forth like lightning.

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.

I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.

And those standing nearby said, “Do you dare revile God’s high priest?”

For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,

If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.

I say this to our shame: We have been weak.

But in whatever anyone dares to boast—I am talking foolishly—I also dare:

Most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my imprisonment and dare even more to speak the message fearlessly.

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

Yet Michael the archangel, when he was disputing with the Devil in a debate about Moses’ body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”