47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.

But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!

For ye were once darkness, but now light in Lord. Walk as children of light

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.

And do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even rebuke them.

The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.

For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.

passing through the street near her corner. And he went the way to her house, in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

And they shall look to the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and into thick darkness [to be] driven away.

because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

To the upright there arises light in the darkness. [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

All his days also he eats in gloom, and he is greatly troubled, and has depression and anger.

And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if [a man] looks to the land, behold, darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds of it.

And the heavenly agents who did not keep their own principality, but left their own habitation, he has kept reserved in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

These men are waterless wells, and clouds driven by a fierce wind, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds and darkness are round about him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

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

Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it

Thou make darkness, and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

Clouds and darkness are round about him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of an exceedingly loud trumpet. And all the people who were in the camp trembled.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and flew. Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind. And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.

Teach us what we shall say to him. We cannot set in array because of darkness.

For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples. But LORD will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee, to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, read more.
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil, who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it. The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face. read more.
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if any man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going. While ye have the light, believe in the light, so that ye may become sons of light. Jesus spoke these things, and after departing, he was hid from them.

This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart.

And this is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days,

He sent darkness, and made it dark. And they rebelled against his words.

Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.

And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred, and the sun became black as hairy sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood.

Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the he

Who rescued us out of the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

Ye are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

And the fifth agent poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from the anguish.

When I was with you daily in the temple, ye did not stretch forth hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,

These men are waterless wells, and clouds driven by a fierce wind, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.

Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.

Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the he

Who rescued us out of the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

And do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even rebuke them.

who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. I, LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of an exceedingly loud trumpet. And all the people who were in the camp trembled.

For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spreads upon the mountains, a great people and a strong, there has not ever been the like, nor shall be any more after them, even to the years of man

These words LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tablets of stone, and gave them to

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.

before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death, the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.

when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.

Thou make darkness, and it is night, during which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

and having entered into the boat, they were going to the other side of the sea toward Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.

He sent darkness, and made it dark. And they rebelled against his words.

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days,

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

But ye, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day would seize you as a thief. Ye are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

Ye are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night.

Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.

And having become the sixth hour, darkness occurred over the whole land until the ninth hour.

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days,

And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed. The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light around me shall be night, even the darkness hides not from thee, but the night shines as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].

Give glory to LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains. And, while ye look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.

The lamp of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is sound, thy whole body is also bright, but when it is bad, thy body is also dark. Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness.

The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

We grope for the wall like the blind. Yea, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noonday as in the twilight. [We are] as dead men in desolate places.

they did not see each other, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!

[even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it that thou should take it to the bound of it, and that thou should discern the paths to the house of it?

I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

They know not, nor do they understand. They walk to and fro in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

And this is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Or [who] shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth, [like] it had issued out of the womb, when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

for the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.

Let that day be darkness. Let not God from above seek for it, nor let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell upon it. Let blackness come upon it. As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months. read more.
Lo, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in it. Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, nor let it behold the eyelids of the morning.

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.

[Man] sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.

when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spreads upon the mountains, a great people and a strong, there has not ever been the like, nor shall be any more after them, even to the years of man

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days, they did not see each other, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days,

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days, they did not see each other, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

These men are waterless wells, and clouds driven by a fierce wind, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.

But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!

For ye were once darkness, but now light in Lord. Walk as children of light

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.