47 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

for ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord; walk as children of light,

And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.

and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them,

The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;

The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to the judgment of the great day;

These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.

And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.

Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.

And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; And he was seen upon the wings of the wind. And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.

Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order our words by reason of darkness.

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen on thee.

discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee: To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things; from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil; whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief. And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face. read more.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now. He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world; but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light amongst you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you. And he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become sons of light. Jesus said these things, and going away hid himself from them.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye should no longer walk as the rest of the nations walk in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.

And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

And I saw when it opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as hair sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood,

because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual power of wickedness in the heavenlies.

who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

for all ye are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and its kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues with distress,

When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

For if God spared not the angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;

These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.

because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual power of wickedness in the heavenlies.

who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them,

from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.

For ye have not come to the mount that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.

These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.

He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.

and having gone on board ship, they went over the sea to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them,

But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light amongst you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you. And he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt so that one may feel darkness. And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief: for all ye are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

for all ye are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.

For ye have not come to the mount that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

And when the sixth hour was come, there came darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt so that one may feel darkness. And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night; Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark. See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt so that one may feel darkness.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.

they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,

Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.

Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.

They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it: Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it. That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. read more.
Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein; Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan; Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness,

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt so that one may feel darkness. And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days: they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt so that one may feel darkness. And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days: they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever.

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

for ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord; walk as children of light,

And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.