38 Bible Verses about Darkness

It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light;

but if your Eye is selfish, the whole of your body will be darkened. And if your very light turns dark, then ??what a darkness it is!

For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light

amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

Have nothing to do with the fruitless enterprises of the darkness; rather expose them.

It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light;

for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

while the angels who abandoned their own domain, instead of preserving their proper rank, are reserved by him within the nether gloom, in chains eternal, for the doom of the great Day ??7 just as Sodom and Gomorra and the adjacent cities, which similarly glutted themselves with vice and sensual perversity, are exhibited as a warning of the everlasting fire they are sentenced to suffer.

These people are waterless fountains and mists driven by a squall, for whom the nether gloom of darkness is reserved.

while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.

that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

He who says he is 'in the light' and hates his brother, is in darkness still. He who loves his brother remains in the light ??and in the light there is no pitfall; but he who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

but he who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If one walks during the day he does not stumble, for he sees the light of this world: but if one walks during the night he does stumble, for the light is not in him."

Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. While you have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light." [vss 36b to

Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile, their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.

Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.' If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth;

Now from twelve o'clock to three o'clock darkness covered all the land,

And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked; and a great earthquake took place, the sun turned black as sackcloth, the full moon turned like blood,

For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere.

rescuing us from the power of the Darkness and transferring us to the realm of his beloved Son!

you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

The fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the Beast; his realm was darkened, and men gnawed their tongues in anguish,

Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way."

For if God did not spare angels who had sinned, but committing them to pits of the nether gloom in Tartarus, reserved them under punishment for doom:

These people are waterless fountains and mists driven by a squall, for whom the nether gloom of darkness is reserved.

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.

For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere.

rescuing us from the power of the Darkness and transferring us to the realm of his beloved Son!

Have nothing to do with the fruitless enterprises of the darkness; rather expose them.

what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.

You have not come to what you can touch, to flames of fire, to mist and gloom and stormy blasts,

and embarking in a boat they started across the sea for Capharnahum. By this time it was dark, Jesus had not reached them yet,

but he who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

But, brothers, you are not in the darkness for the Day to surprise you like thieves; you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

You have not come to what you can touch, to flames of fire, to mist and gloom and stormy blasts,

for sleepers sleep by night and drunkards are drunk by night,

Now from twelve o'clock to three o'clock darkness covered all the land,

When twelve o'clock came, darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,

And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light;

Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

Now from twelve o'clock to three o'clock darkness covered all the land,

Your eye is the lamp of the body: when your eye is sound, then the whole of your body has light, but if your eye is diseased, then your body is darkened. (Look! perhaps your very light is dark.)

while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

but if your Eye is selfish, the whole of your body will be darkened. And if your very light turns dark, then ??what a darkness it is!

Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.'

These people are waterless fountains and mists driven by a squall, for whom the nether gloom of darkness is reserved.

while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light;

but if your Eye is selfish, the whole of your body will be darkened. And if your very light turns dark, then ??what a darkness it is!

For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light

amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;