38 Bible Verses about Darkness

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Ephesians 5:13

But all things, when reproved, are made manifest by the light; for whatever maketh manifest is light.

Luke 11:35

Take heed therefore, that the light which is within thee be not darkness.

Matthew 6:23

but if thine eye be disordered, thy whole body will be in darkness. If then the light that is within thee is darkness, how great that darkness!

Luke 11:34

The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is in the light; but when it is disordered, thy body also is in darkness.

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Darkness » Spiritual

Matthew 6:23

but if thine eye be disordered, thy whole body will be in darkness. If then the light that is within thee is darkness, how great that darkness!

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 principality, but left their own dwellingplace, he hath kept in everlasting chains under darkness unto 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 saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in the darkness until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him; but he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Darkness » Those that walk in darkness

1 John 2:11

but he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

John 11:9-10

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 the light is not in him.

John 12:35-36

Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spoke Jesus, and went away, and hid himself from them.

Ephesians 4:17-18

This therefore I say, and charge you in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts;

1 John 1:5-6

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;

Darkness » Supernatural

Darkness » Figurative » power of darkness,

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; 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

Darkness » Miraculous » On mount sinai

Hebrews 12:18

For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and 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

and having gone on board a boat, were going over the lake to Capernaum. And darkness had overtaken them, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to go astray

1 John 2:11

but he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

John 12:35

Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Darkness » Miraculous » In egypt

Darkness » Figurative » outer darkness,

Darkness » Who is not in darkness

1 Thessalonians 5:4-5

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief; for ye all are sons of light, and sons of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Darkness » The wicked » The children of

Darkness » Miraculous » At mount sinai

Hebrews 12:18

For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Darkness » What happens in the night

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night;

Darkness » Miraculous » At the crucifixion

Mark 15:33

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

Darkness » Miraculous » Over the land of egypt

Darkness » Casting off the works of darkness

Romans 13:11-12

And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us then throw off the works of darkness, and put on the armor 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 lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is in the light; but when it is disordered, thy body also is in darkness. Take heed therefore, that the light which is within thee be not 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

Matthew 6:23

but if thine eye be disordered, thy whole body will be in darkness. If then the light that is within thee is darkness, how great that darkness!

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

Matthew 6:23

but if thine eye be disordered, thy whole body will be in darkness. If then the light that is within thee is darkness, how great that darkness!

Topics on Darkness

Darkness Of Night

John 6:17

and having gone on board a boat, were going over the lake to Capernaum. And darkness had overtaken them, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

darkness, natural

Hebrews 12:18-21

For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Overtaken By Darkness

Acts 13:11

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou wilt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought to find some who would lead him by the hand.

Spiritual Darkness

John 11:10

but if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth; because the light is not in him.

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