47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

“The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.

Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.

But I am not silenced by the darkness,
Nor deep gloom which covers me.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.

And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.

“And He made darkness canopies around Him,
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

“He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.

Then Solomon said,
“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

You appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Then Solomon said,
“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet. "And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind. "And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.

Then Solomon said,
“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

“Teach us what we shall say to Him;
We cannot arrange our case because of darkness.

“For behold, darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you
And His glory will appear upon you.

Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things; From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil; Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;

"Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor abide in its paths. "The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief. "The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face. read more.
"In the dark they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.

The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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

Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. "But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

So Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. "While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light " These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.

So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;

This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;

So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

He sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not rebel against His words.

Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.

I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,

While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

“I have not spoken in secret,
In some dark land;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in a waste place’;
I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are upright.

So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a great and mighty people;
There has never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.

“These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

“He keeps the feet of His godly ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;
For not by might shall a man prevail.

Before I go--and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow, The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."

When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.

The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these.

You appoint darkness and it becomes night,
In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.

It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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

So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

He sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not rebel against His words.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;

So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.

Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.

When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night," Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day Darkness and light are alike to You.

Give glory to the Lord your God,
Before He brings darkness
And before your feet stumble
On the dusky mountains,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into deep darkness,
And turns it into gloom.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.

"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. "Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.

The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.”

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

We grope along the wall like blind men,
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men.

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,

"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?

The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

They do not know nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.

"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it. "Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it. "As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months. read more.
"Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it. "Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. "Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;

“In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.

“Man puts an end to darkness,
And to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these.

When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a great and mighty people;
There has never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.

A day of wrath is that day,
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.