24 Bible Verses about Overtaken By Darkness

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we wait for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

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

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.

Because, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons;

For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks unto the land, behold, darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in its heavens.

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon you, and his glory shall be seen upon you.

Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.

My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.