Darkness » Spiritual
Romans 13:12
The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Ephesians 5:8
For you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
John 1:5
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 3:19
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
More verses: Isaiah 9:2 Micah 3:6 1 Thessalonians 5:4
Works of Darkness
Ephesians 5:11
Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
Romans 13:12
The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
John 3:20
For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
Job 24:14
“The murderer arises at dawn; he kills the poor and the needy, and at night he is as a thief.
Proverbs 7:8-9
Passing through the street near her corner; and he takes the way to her house, in the twilight, in the evening, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
More verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:7
Darkness Illustrative of Heavy afflictions
Isaiah 8:22
Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.
Job 23:17
But I am not silenced by the darkness, nor deep gloom which covers me.
Psalm 112:4
Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
Isaiah 5:30
And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by its clouds.
More verses: Isaiah 59:9
Darkness » Figurative of punishment
Jude 1:6
And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Proverbs 20:20
He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will go out in time of darkness.
More verses: Job 18:5
Darkness » Illustrative of » Greatness and unsearchableness of God
2 Samuel 22:12
“And He made darkness canopies around Him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Exodus 20:21
So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
2 Samuel 22:10
“He bowed the heavens also, and came down with thick darkness under His feet.
1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Darkness » Physical
Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:18
And to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
Job 3:6
“As for that night, let darkness seize it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
Job 38:19
“Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
Psalm 104:20
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, in which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.
More verses: Amos 4:13
Darkness » Figurative
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Exodus 19:16
So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
More verses: Psalm 18:11 Hebrews 12:18
Darkness » Illustrative of » Ignorance and error
John 1:5
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’
John 3:19
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
Job 37:19
“Teach us what we shall say to Him; we cannot arrange our case because of darkness.
Isaiah 60:2
“For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you.
More verses: John 12:35
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Proverbs 2:11-15
Discretion will guard you, understanding will watch over you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things; from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness.
Job 24:13-16
“Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways nor abide in its paths. “The murderer arises at dawn; he kills the poor and the needy, and at night he is as a thief. “The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.
1 John 2:9-11
The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Darkness » Those that walk in darkness
1 John 2:11
But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
John 11:9-10
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. “But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
John 12:35-36
So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. “While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light ” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
Ephesians 4:17-18
So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.
1 John 1:5-6
This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Darkness » Supernatural
Exodus 10:22
So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
Psalm 105:28
He sent darkness and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His words.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
Revelation 6:12
I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood.
Darkness » Figurative » power of darkness.
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Colossians 1:13
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
Revelation 16:10
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,
Luke 22:53
While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”
Darkness » Illustrative of » The punishment of devils and wicked men
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment.
2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.
Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Darkness » What came out of darkness
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Genesis 1:2-3
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Darkness » Illustrative of » The power of Satan
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Colossians 1:13
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
Darkness » Illustrative of » A course of sin
Ephesians 5:11
Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them.
Proverbs 2:13
From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness.
Darkness » Illustrative of » Secrecy
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
Isaiah 45:19
“I have not spoken in secret, in some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a waste place’;
I, the Lord, speak righteousness, declaring things that are upright.
Darkness » Miraculous » On Mount Sinai
Exodus 19:16
So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind.
Degrees of Darkness
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, so there is a great and mighty people; there has never been anything like it, nor will there be again after it to the years of many generations.
Deuteronomy 5:22
“These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Darkness » Illustrative of » The grave
1 Samuel 2:9
“He keeps the feet of His godly ones, but the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; for not by might shall a man prevail.
Job 10:21-22
Before I go–and I shall not return– To the land of darkness and deep shadow, The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness.”
Darkness » Over the face of the earth
Job 38:9
When I made a cloud its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
Jeremiah 4:23
I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
Darkness » Created by God
Isaiah 45:7
The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these.
Psalm 104:20
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, in which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.
Darkness » Caused by the setting of the sun
Genesis 15:17
It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.
John 6:17
And after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
Darkness causes us to go astray
1 John 2:11
But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
John 12:35
So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
Darkness » Miraculous » In egypt
Psalm 105:28
He sent darkness and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His words.
Exodus 10:21-22
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
Darkness » Figurative » outer darkness.
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Matthew 25:30
Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Who is not in darkness
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; for you are all sons of light and sons of day We are not of night nor of darkness;
Darkness » » The children of The wicked
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
Darkness » What happens in the night
1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.
Darkness » Miraculous » At The Crucifixion
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
Mark 15:33
When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Casting off the works of darkness
Romans 13:11-12
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Darkness » Cannot Hide Us From God
Psalm 139:11-12
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,” Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day Darkness and light are alike to You.
Degrees of gross Darkness
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before He brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains, and while you are hoping for light He makes it into deep darkness, and turns it into gloom.
Great Darkness
Genesis 15:12
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
Darkness » Miraculous » Before The Destruction Of Jerusalem
Matthew 24:29
“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Darkness » When your body is full of darkness
Luke 11:34-35
“The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. “Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness.
What Is As Darkness?
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Darkness That May Be Felt
Exodus 10:21
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.”
Darkness Outer or extreme
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Effects Of Darkness Causes Us To Stumble
Isaiah 59:10
We grope along the wall like blind men, we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men.
Effects Of Darkness Cannot See Objects
Exodus 10:23
They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.
The Wicked Being Full Of Darkness
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
The Wicked Live In Darkness
Psalm 107:10
There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains.
Inexplicable nature of Darkness
Job 38:19-20
“Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
Those That Put Darkness For Light, And Light For Darkness
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Darkness » Separated From The Light
Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
Darkness » Called Night
Genesis 1:5
God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
The Wicked Walk In Darkness
Psalm 82:5
They do not know nor do they understand; they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
There Being No Darkness In God
1 John 1:5
This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
Darkness » Exhibits God’s Power And Greatness
Job 38:8-9
“Or who enclosed the sea with doors when, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; when I made a cloud its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Darkness » Often Put For Night
Psalm 91:6
Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.
Darkness » Illustrative Of » Anything Hateful
Job 3:4-9
“May that day be darkness; let not God above care for it, nor light shine on it. “Let darkness and black gloom claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. “As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
The Wicked Perpetrate Their Designs In Darkness
Job 24:16
“In the dark they dig into houses, they shut themselves up by day; they do not know the light.
Darkness » Illustrative Of Abstruse
Job 28:3
“Man puts an end to darkness, and to the farthest limit he searches out the rock in gloom and deep shadow.
Darkness » Called The Swaddling Band Of The Sea
Job 38:9
When I made a cloud its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band.
A Time Of Judgment Called a Day Of Darkness
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, so there is a great and mighty people; there has never been anything like it, nor will there be again after it to the years of many generations.
Zephaniah 1:15
A day of wrath is that day, a day of trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom.
Plague » Darkness
Exodus 10:21-23
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Punishment Of The The Wicked Described As Darkness
2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness
Romans 13:12
The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Ephesians 5:8
For you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
Coming Out Of Darkness
Isaiah 9:2
The people who walk in darkness will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them.
Darkness At The End
Matthew 24:29
“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Darkness During Daytime
Jeremiah 4:28
“For this the earth shall mourn and the heavens above be dark, because I have spoken, I have purposed,
And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”
Darkness Of Evil
Luke 22:53
While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”
Darkness Of Night
Job 9:7
Who commands the sun not to shine, and sets a seal upon the stars.
Darkness, As A Symbol Of Sin
Romans 1:21
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Darkness, And God’s Judgment
Matthew 25:30
Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Deliverance From Darkness
Isaiah 9:2
The people who walk in darkness will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them.
Darkness, Natural
Exodus 20:18-21
All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.
Overtaken By Darkness
Genesis 15:12
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
Spiritual Darkness
John 11:10
But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
1 Samuel 2:9
“He keeps the feet of His godly ones, but the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; for not by might shall a man prevail.
Walking In Darkness
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
