38 Bible Verses about Darkness

For the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the works of the darkness, and let us put on the arms of the light.

If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great.

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them.

For the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the works of the darkness, and let us put on the arms of the light.

For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted;

and the angels who kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, has he kept in eternal chains unto darkness unto the judgment of the great day:

These are fountains without water, and mists driven away by the storm, for which the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the servants, Having bound him feet and hands, cast him into the darkness which is without; and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil.

The one saying that he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness until now. The one loving his brother with divine love abides in the light, and there is no stumbling in him. But the one hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and does not know whither he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

But the one hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and does not know whither he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus responded, Are there not twelve hours of the day? If any one may walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world: if any one may walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may be the sons of light. And Jesus spoke these things, and having gone out was hidden from them.

Therefore I say this, and witness in the Lord, that you no longer walk about as the Gentiles also walk about in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;

And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the full moon became like blood;

because there is not to us fighting against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the heavenlies.

who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues from the pain,

I being daily with you in the temple, you reached not out your hands unto me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

For if God spared not the angels who sinned, but having sent them down to hell, committed them to chains of darkness to be kept unto judgment;

These are fountains without water, and mists driven away by the storm, for which the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

Then the king said to the servants, Having bound him feet and hands, cast him into the darkness which is without; and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

because there is not to us fighting against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the heavenlies.

who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them.

What I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light: and whatsoever you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,

and embarking in the ship, they were going to the other side of the sea into Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them;

But the one hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and does not know whither he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the servants, Having bound him feet and hands, cast him into the darkness which is without; and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the darkness which is without: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may overtake you like a thief: for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;

for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;

For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,

For those sleeping, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, get drunk in the night:

And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

And it being the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

And recognizing this time, that it is already the hour we should wake out of sleep: for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. For the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the works of the darkness, and let us put on the arms of the light.

And immediately, after the desolation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye may be clear, truly thy whole body is lighted; but when it may be had, truly thy body is dark. See then that the light which is in thee is not darkness.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great.

And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness.

These are fountains without water, and mists driven away by the storm, for which the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the works of the darkness, and let us put on the arms of the light.

If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great.

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil.