What Does the Bible Say About 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 the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was”

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. even: Heb. that one may feel darkness”

“And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:”

“And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.”

“And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.”

“Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.”

“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. stain: or, challenge let the: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day”

“As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. let it not be: or, let it not rejoice among the days”

“Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.”

“Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. their: or, leviathan”

“Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: the dawning: Heb. the eyelids of the morning”

“When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,”

“He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.”

“Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. habitation: or, establishment”

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

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. hideth: Heb. darkeneth not the darkness and: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light”

“Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. lamp: or, candle”

“And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.”

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”

“For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.”

“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. straight: Heb. into straightness”

“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”

“Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.”

“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.”

“For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.”

“Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.”

“He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.”

“And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. put: or, extinguish thee”

“All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. bright: Heb. lights of the light in heaven dark: Heb. them dark”

“A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. of many: Heb. of generation and generation”

“The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:”

“For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. wind: or, spirit”

“Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.”

“Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”

“And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:”

“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.”

“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up .”

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”

“But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”

“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:”

“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,”

“And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.”

“To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

“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 the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.”

“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive”

“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”

“Then spake Jesus again unto 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.”

“Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.”

“But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.”

“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”

“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

“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 armour of light.”

“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. honestly: or, decently”

“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. flesh: Gr. blood and flesh spiritual: or, wicked spirits high: or, heavenly”

“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: his: Gr. the Son of his love”

“For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,”

“And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.”

“And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.”

“And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,”