'Darkness' in the Bible

The people living in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land and shadow of death, a light has risen."

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered in your ear you must shout from the housetops.

Then the king told his servants, "Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside!' In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

Throw this useless servant into the darkness outside! In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'"

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

to shine on those who sit in darkness and in death's shadow, and to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it's evil, your body is full of darkness.

Therefore, be careful that the light in you isn't darkness.

Now if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays."

Therefore, what you have said in darkness will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be shouted from the housetops."

While I was with you day after day in the Temple, you didn't lay a hand on me. But this is your hour, when darkness reigns!"

And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

I've come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me won't remain in the darkness.

You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

The night is almost over, and the day is near. Let's therefore put aside the actions of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Therefore, stop judging prematurely, before the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is now hidden in darkness and reveal the motives of our hearts. Then each person will receive his praise from God.

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah.

Stop becoming unevenly yoked with unbelievers. What partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? What fellowship can light have with darkness?

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,

However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the Day of the Lord might surprise you like a thief.

For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.

You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into the lowest hell and imprisoned them in chains of deepest darkness, holding them for judgment;

These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all!

If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.

But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness and lives in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day.

They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast. Its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed on their tongues in anguish