Bible Verses About Darkness
Bible verses about Darkness
Discover what the Bible says about darkness.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
The people who sat in darkness, saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen.
Scripture Passages
But if thy eye be evil, thy whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great [is] that darkness!
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] publish ye upon the house-tops.
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shades of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thy eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.
Therefore, whatever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land to the ninth hour.
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
I am come a light into the world, that whoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in darkness,
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
And to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it [was] good.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand towards heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be felt.
And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near to me, [even] all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.
And thou shalt grope at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee].
And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
As [for] that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
A land of darkness, as darkness [itself]; [and] of the shades of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.
The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.