'Dark' in the Bible

When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.

They covered the surface of the entire land so that it was dark. They ate all the vegetation of the land and the fruit from the trees that the hail left. Nothing green was left on the trees or on the vegetation in all the land of Egypt.

"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds

"The LORD declared these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from out of the fire and dark clouds, and nothing more was added. He inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

So he sent and brought him. He had a dark, healthy complexion, with beautiful eyes, and he was handsome. The LORD said, "Get up and anoint him, for this is the one."

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he had contempt for him, because he was only a young man. David had a dark, healthy complexion and was handsome.

As the Sabbath approached and it began to get dark at the gates of Jerusalem, I gave word to shut the gates, charging that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my men at the gates to ensure that no loads would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

Let the stars of its evening twilight be dark; let it hope for light but let there be none; let it not see the breaking rays of the dawn.

They grope in the dark without light; he causes them to stagger around like a drunkard."

My face is red from my tears, and dark shadows encircle my eyelids,

They have transformed night into day "The light,' they say, "is about to become dark.'

Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.

They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.

when his lamp used to shine over my head, so I could walk through the dark,

He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.

May their path be dark and slippery, as the messenger of the LORD tracks them down.

Pay attention to your covenant, for the dark regions of the earth are full of violence.

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words?

even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.

Otherwise, when the sun, daylight, moon, or stars turn dark, or when clouds fail to return after the rain

The daughters of Jerusalem, I'm dark and lovely like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Don't stare at me because I'm dark; the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me the caretaker of the vineyards, but I didn't take care of my own vineyard.

My beloved is dazzling, with a dark and healthy complexion, outstanding among ten thousand.

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.

"How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths to hide your plans from the LORD, you whose deeds have been done in the dark, and who say, "Who can see us? Who has recognized us?'

I'll help the blind walk, even on a road they do not know; I'll guide them in directions they do not know. I'll turn the dark places into light in front of them, and the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I won't abandon them.

Because of this, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will be dark. Because I have spoken and decided, I won't turn back from doing it."

Then the prince, who will be one of them, will carry his luggage on his shoulder in the dark and will go out. They'll dig a hole in the wall for him to go through. His face will be covered so that he won't be able to see the land with his eyes.

It will be a dark day for Tahpanhes when I break the yokes of Egypt. That's when her arrogant power will come to an end. She'll be covered by a cloud, and her citizens will go into captivity.

"The land quivers in their presence; even the heavens shake. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.

The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.