24 Bible Verses about Overtaken By Darkness

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!" Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many -- all that is about to come is obscure.

At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.