24 Bible Verses about Overtaken By Darkness
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And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him.
And now behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind and not see the sun for a season." And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; And he went about, seeking them that should lead him by the hand.
And this is the cause that equity is so far from us, and that righteousness cometh not nigh us. We look for light, lo, it is darkness; for the morning shine, see, we walk in the dark.
Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness.
when the flood runneth over, and destroyeth the place; and when the darkness followeth still upon his enemies.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye on the housetops.
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.
inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations. And their foolish hearts were blinded.
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.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being fast bound in misery and iron,
For he cometh to naught, and goeth his way into darkness, and his name is forgotten.
If a man live many years, and be glad in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, which shall be many: And when they come, all things shall be but vanity.
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.
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.
Therefore your vision shall be turned to night, and your prophesying to darkness. The Sun shall go down over those prophets, and the day shall be dark unto them.
If any man want light, let him look upon the law and the testimony whether they speak not after this meaning.
and grope in the dark without light, staggering to and fro like drunken men.
My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me, and the light of mine eyes is gone from me.
before the sun, the light, the moon and stars be darkened, and or the clouds turn again after the rain;
If I say, "Peradventure the darkness shall cover me, then shall my night be turned to day." -
My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.
That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind; let out the prisoners, and them that sit in darkness, out of the dungeon house.
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- Overtaken (48 instances)