38 Bible Verses about Darkness

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Ephesians 5:13

but whatever is unjustifiable will be brought to light: and that will show them to be unjustifiable.

Luke 11:35

take care therefore, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.

Matthew 10:27

what I tell you in private, declare it in publick: and what is whisper'd in the ear, proclaim from the battlements of the house.

Luke 11:34

the eye is the light of the body: if therefore your eye be clear, every member of your body will have the benefit of the light: but if it be spoil'd, they must all rest in darkness.

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Darkness » Spiritual

Darkness » Works of

More verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:7

Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions

More verses: Isaiah 59:9

Darkness » Figurative of punishment

Jude 1:6

and the angels which kept not their original dignity, but deserted their proper abode, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, to the judgment of the great day.

More verses: Job 18:5

Darkness » Illustrative of » Greatness and unsearchableness of God

Darkness » Physical

More verses: Amos 4:13

Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures

More verses: Psalm 18:11 Hebrews 12:18

Darkness » Illustrative of » Ignorance and error

More verses: John 12:35

Darkness » Who is in darkness

1 John 2:9-11

he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness. he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling. but he that hates his brother, is in darkness, he walks in darkness, and knows not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Darkness » Those that walk in darkness

1 John 2:11

but he that hates his brother, is in darkness, he walks in darkness, and knows not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

John 11:9-10

Jesus answered, are there not twelve hours in the day? he that travels by day does not stumble, because he has the light of this world to see by. but if a man travels by night he stumbles, because there is no light for him.

John 12:35-36

Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes. while ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. after having said these things, Jesus retir'd, and conceal'd himself from them.

Ephesians 4:17-18

This I say therefore, and conjure you by the Lord not to live for the future as other Gentiles do, in the vanity of their minds, which are overspread with darkness, and averse to a religious life, thro' their innate ignorance and obduracy:

1 John 1:5-6

This then is the commission we have from him, to declare unto you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness. if we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lye, and do not act sincerely:

Darkness » Supernatural

Darkness » Figurative » power of darkness,

Revelation 16:10

And the FIFTH angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness, and they gnawed their tongues for pain.

Darkness » Illustrative of » The punishment of devils and wicked men

Darkness » What came out of darkness

Darkness » Illustrative of » The power of satan

Darkness » Illustrative of » A course of sin

Darkness » Illustrative of » Secrecy

Matthew 10:27

what I tell you in private, declare it in publick: and what is whisper'd in the ear, proclaim from the battlements of the house.

Darkness » Miraculous » On mount sinai

Hebrews 12:18

You do not approach to any thing corporeal, to scorching fire, to smoak, darkness, and tempest,

Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Thick

Darkness » Illustrative of » The grave

Darkness » Over the face of the earth

Darkness » Created by God

Darkness » Caused by the setting of the sun

John 6:17

they cross'd the sea to Capernaum: now when it was dark, Jesus was not come to them:

Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to go astray

1 John 2:11

but he that hates his brother, is in darkness, he walks in darkness, and knows not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

John 12:35

Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes.

Darkness » Miraculous » In egypt

Darkness » Figurative » outer darkness,

Darkness » Who is not in darkness

1 Thessalonians 5:4-5

but you, my brethren, are too well inform'd to be surpriz'd by that day, as by a thief. you inherit the advantages of meridian light: we are not involv'd in the obscurity of night.

Darkness » The wicked » The children of

Darkness » Miraculous » At mount sinai

Hebrews 12:18

You do not approach to any thing corporeal, to scorching fire, to smoak, darkness, and tempest,

Darkness » What happens in the night

1 Thessalonians 5:7

they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night:

Darkness » Miraculous » At the crucifixion

Darkness » Miraculous » Over the land of egypt

Darkness » Casting off the works of darkness

Romans 13:11-12

Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. the night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore throw off the habits of darkness, and be invested with the ornaments of light.

Darkness » Cannot hide us from God

Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Gross

Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Great

Darkness » Miraculous » Before the destruction of jerusalem

Darkness » Miraculous » At the death of Christ

Darkness » When your body is full of darkness

Luke 11:34-35

the eye is the light of the body: if therefore your eye be clear, every member of your body will have the benefit of the light: but if it be spoil'd, they must all rest in darkness. take care therefore, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.

Darkness » What is as darkness

Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » That may be felt

Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Outer or extreme

Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to stumble

Darkness » Effects of » Cannot » See » Objects

Darkness » The wicked » Being Full of

Darkness » The wicked » Live in

Darkness » Inexplicable nature of

Darkness » The lord creating darkness

Darkness » Those that put darkness for light, and light for darkness

Darkness » Originally covered the earth

Darkness » Separated from the light

Darkness » Called night

Darkness » The wicked » Walk in

Darkness » There being no darkness in God

Darkness » Exhibits God's power and greatness

Darkness » Often put for night

Darkness » Illustrative of » Anything hateful

Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in

Darkness » Illustrative of » Abstruse and deep subjects

Darkness » God creates

Darkness » Called the swaddling band of the sea

Days » A time of judgment called a day of » Darkness

intercession » Answered » Instances of » Of moses, in behalf of pharaoh » Plague » Darkness

Miracles » To witness to Christ as messiah spurious » Darkness

Plague » Darkness

Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Darkness

Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness

Topics on Darkness

Darkness Of Night

John 6:17

they cross'd the sea to Capernaum: now when it was dark, Jesus was not come to them:

darkness, natural

Hebrews 12:18-21

You do not approach to any thing corporeal, to scorching fire, to smoak, darkness, and tempest,

Overtaken By Darkness

Acts 13:11

his hand is falling upon thee, thou shalt be blind, and not see the sun for some time." immediately his eyes were covered with obscurity and darkness; so that he grop'd about for somebody to lead him by the hand.

Spiritual Darkness

John 11:10

but if a man travels by night he stumbles, because there is no light for him.

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