47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?

Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

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

And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather rebuke them.

The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing.

going over the streets, by the corner, in the way toward the harlot's house; in the twilight of the evening, when it began now to be night and dark.

and behold, there is trouble and darkness; vexation is round about him, and the cloud of error. And out of such adversity, shall he not escape.

Thus can I not get out of darkness, the cloud hath so covered my face.

Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness: he is merciful, loving and righteous.

All the days of his life also must he eat in the dark, with great carefulness, sickness and sorrow.

In that day they shall be so fierce upon them, as the sea. And if we look unto the land, behold, it shall be all darkness and sorrow. If we look to heaven: behold, it shall be dark with careful desperation.

The angels also, which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day:

These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.

And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Then said the King to his ministers, 'Take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the thick cloud where God was.

And he bowed heaven and came down, and darkness underneath his feet.

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

The Earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit of God moved upon the water.

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

Let the dark storm overcome that night; let it not be reckoned among the days of the year, nor counted in the months.

then show me where light dwelleth, and where darkness is:

Thou makest darkness, that it may be night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do move.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.

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

And the third day in the morning there was thunder, and lightning and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the horn waxed exceeding loud, and all the people that was in the host was afraid.

And he bowed heaven and came down, and darkness underneath his feet. And he rode upon Cherub and flew: and appeared upon the wings of the wind. And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.

Then Solomon said, "The LORD hath spoken it, how that he will dwell in darkness.

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

to open their eyes that they might turn from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in me.'

And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil.

Teach us what we shall say unto him, for we are unmete because of darkness.

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and a thick mist the nations. But the LORD shall rise as the sun over thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

then shall counsel preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee. That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things; From such as leave the high street, and walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
Which rejoice in doing evil, and delight in wicked things: Whose ways are crooked, and their paths slanderous;

whereas they, notwithstanding, are rebellious and disobedient enemies: which seek not his light and way, nor turn again in to his path. Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing. The eye of the ungodly is like the adulterer, that waiteth for the darkness, and sayeth thus in himself, 'Tush, there shall no man see me,' and so he disguiseth his face. read more.
In the night season they search the houses, and hide themselves in the daytime, but will not know the light.

For a wise man beareth his eyes about in his head, but the fool goeth in the darkness. I perceived also that they both had one end.

He that saith how that he is in the light, and yet hateth his brother, is in darkness even until this time. He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of offending in him. And he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness; and knoweth not whither he goeth, for darkness hath blinded his eyes.

And he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness; and knoweth not whither he goeth, for darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night he stumbleth, because there is no light in him."

Then Jesus said unto them, "Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe on the light that ye may be the children of light." These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk; in vanity of their mind, blinded in their understanding, being strangers from the life which is in God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and yet walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

And Moses stretched forth his hand unto heaven, and there was a dark mist upon all the land of Egypt three days long,

He sent darkness, and it was dark; for they were not obedient unto his word.

From the sixth hour, was there darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal, and lo there was a great earthquake, and the sun was as black as sackcloth made of hair. And the moon waxed even as blood:

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness for heavenly things.

Which hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son,

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast, and his kingdom waxed dark, and they gnawed their tongues for sorrow,

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

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down into hell, and delivered them in chains of darkness, to be kept unto judgement;

These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.

Then said the King to his ministers, 'Take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

The Earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit of God moved upon the water. Then God said, "Let there be light." And there was light.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness for heavenly things.

Which hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son,

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather rebuke them.

From such as leave the high street, and walk in the ways of darkness;

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye on the housetops.

I have not spoken secretly, neither in dark places of the earth. It is not for naught, that I said unto the seed of Jacob, "Seek me." I am the LORD which, when I speak, declareth the thing that is righteous and true.

And the third day in the morning there was thunder, and lightning and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the horn waxed exceeding loud, and all the people that was in the host was afraid.

For ye are not come unto the mount that can be touched, and unto burning fire, nor yet to mist and darkness and tempest of weather,

a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day. As the morning is spread over the mountains, so it this populous and strong people: such as have not been since the beginning, neither shall be after them for evermore.

These words the LORD spake unto all your multitude in the mount out of the fire, cloud and darkness, with a loud voice, and added no more thereto, and wrote them in two tables of stone and delivered them unto me.

He will keep the feet of his saints but the wicked shall keep silence in darkness. For in his own might shall no man be strong.

before I go thither, from whence I shall not turn again. Namely, to that land of darkness and shadow of death: yea, into a land as dark as darkness itself, and into the shadow of death where is none order; but light there is as darkness."

When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swaddled it with the dark;

The Earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit of God moved upon the water.

I have looked upon the earth, and see, it is waste and void. I looked toward heaven, and it had no shine.

It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

Thou makest darkness, that it may be night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do move.

When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.

and entered into a ship. And went over the sea unto Capernaum. And anon it was dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

And he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness; and knoweth not whither he goeth, for darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Then Jesus said unto them, "Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth.

He sent darkness, and it was dark; for they were not obedient unto his word.

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thy hand unto heaven, and let there be darkness upon the land of Egypt: even that they may feel the darkness." And Moses stretched forth his hand unto heaven, and there was a dark mist upon all the land of Egypt three days long,

And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Then said the King to his ministers, 'Take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

And cast that unprofitable servant into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that day should come on you as it were a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the thick cloud where God was.

For ye are not come unto the mount that can be touched, and unto burning fire, nor yet to mist and darkness and tempest of weather,

For they that sleep, sleep in the night: and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

From the sixth hour, was there darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

And when the sixth hour was come, darkness arose over all the earth, until the ninth hour.

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thy hand unto heaven, and let there be darkness upon the land of Egypt: even that they may feel the darkness." And Moses stretched forth his hand unto heaven, and there was a dark mist upon all the land of Egypt three days long,

This also we know, I mean the season: how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

If I say, "Peradventure the darkness shall cover me, then shall my night be turned to day." - Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darkness and light are both alike.

Honour the LORD your God herein, or he take his light from you, and before your feet stumble in darkness at the hill: lest when ye look for the light, he turn it into the shadow and darkness of death.

And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him.

Immediately after the tribulations of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall move.

From the sixth hour, was there darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

The light of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye be evil: then shall all thy body also be full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not darkness.

But the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, wherein men fall, or they be aware.

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thy hand unto heaven, and let there be darkness upon the land of Egypt: even that they may feel the darkness."

And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

We grope like the blind upon the wall, we grope even as one that hath none eyes. We stumble at the noonday, as though it were toward night; in the falling places, like men that are half dead.

so that no man saw another, neither rose up from the place where he was by the space of three days, but all the children of Israel had light where they dwelled.

But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being fast bound in misery and iron,

then show me where light dwelleth, and where darkness is: that thou mayest bring us unto their quarters, if thou canst tell the way to their houses.

It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

Woe be unto them that call evil good, and good evil: which make darkness light, and light darkness, that make sour sweet, and sweet sour.

The Earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit of God moved upon the water.

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

and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.

They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Who shut the sea with doors, when it brake forth as a child out of his mother's womb? When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swaddled it with the dark;

for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noonday.

The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it: but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow. Let the dark storm overcome that night; let it not be reckoned among the days of the year, nor counted in the months. read more.
Despised be that night, and discommended: let them that curse the day, give it their curse also, even those that be ready to raise vp Leviathan. Let the stars of that night be dim through darkness of it. Let it look for light, but let it see none, neither the raising up of the fair morning:

In the night season they search the houses, and hide themselves in the daytime, but will not know the light.

The darkness shall once come to an end: he can seek out the ground of all things; the stones, the dark, and the shadow of death.

It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.

When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swaddled it with the dark;

a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day. As the morning is spread over the mountains, so it this populous and strong people: such as have not been since the beginning, neither shall be after them for evermore.

For that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heaviness, a day of utter destruction and misery, a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and stormy day,

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thy hand unto heaven, and let there be darkness upon the land of Egypt: even that they may feel the darkness." And Moses stretched forth his hand unto heaven, and there was a dark mist upon all the land of Egypt three days long, so that no man saw another, neither rose up from the place where he was by the space of three days, but all the children of Israel had light where they dwelled.

And Moses stretched forth his hand unto heaven, and there was a dark mist upon all the land of Egypt three days long,

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thy hand unto heaven, and let there be darkness upon the land of Egypt: even that they may feel the darkness." And Moses stretched forth his hand unto heaven, and there was a dark mist upon all the land of Egypt three days long, so that no man saw another, neither rose up from the place where he was by the space of three days, but all the children of Israel had light where they dwelled.

These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.

And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?

Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

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

And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil.