'Darkness' in the Bible

The people who were dwelling in darkness have seen a brilliant light; and on those who were dwelling in the region of the shadow of death, on them light has dawned."

but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!

while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."

"The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, "'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'

But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'

Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;

At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.

Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death--To direct our feet into the path of peace."

Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.

While day after day I was with you in the Temple, you did not lay hands upon me; but to you belongs this hour--and the power of darkness."

It was now about noon, and a darkness came over the whole country till three o'clock in the afternoon.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.

And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.

"Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord-- that great and illustrious day;

The Lord's hand is now upon you, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the light of day." Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and, as he walked about, he begged people to lead him by the hand.

that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'

and have persuaded yourself that, as for you, you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

Let darkness come over their eyes that they may be unable to see, and make Thou their backs continually to stoop."

The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.

Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.

For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?

There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.

Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;

It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that daylight should surprise you like a thief;

for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.

For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--

But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.

For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, keeping them in readiness for judgement.

These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved.

This is the Message which we have heard from the Lord Jesus and now deliver to you--God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness.

If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth.

And yet I *am* giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.

Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.

But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

And angels--those who did not keep the position originally assigned to them, but deserted their own proper abode--He reserves in everlasting bonds, in darkness, in preparation for the judgement of the great day.

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved dense darkness of age-long duration.