47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.

passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.

And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.

yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.

They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.

And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day--

These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.

while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

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

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

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

That night--let thick darkness seize 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 where is the place of darkness,

You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind. He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.

discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, read more.
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.

"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief. The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye will see me'; and he veils his face. read more.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.

The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.

Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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

So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

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

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his words.

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

When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish

When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.

Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

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

What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.

I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.

On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.

"These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

before I go--and I shall not return-- to the land of darkness and deep shadow, the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness."

when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.

I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.

You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they did not rebel against his words.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest

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

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

And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night," even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.

As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

"Immediately 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 heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt."

while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men.

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,

"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?

I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the 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!

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

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

They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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

"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

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

Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it. Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. That night--let thick darkness seize it! Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. read more.
Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry enter it. Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up Leviathan. Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning,

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.

Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.

when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.

A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.

while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.