Topical Bible: Darkness

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In the Bible, "darkness" is a multifaceted term that appears frequently throughout both the Old and New Testaments. It is often used symbolically to represent evil, ignorance, judgment, and separation from God, contrasting with light, which symbolizes goodness, truth, and divine presence.

Old Testament Usage

1. Creation and Order: In Genesis 1:2, darkness is described as covering the surface of the deep before God said, "Let there be light" (Genesis 1:3). Here, darkness signifies the initial state of chaos and disorder before God's creative act brings order and light.

2. Judgment and Plagues: Darkness is also a tool of divine judgment. In Exodus 10:21-23, one of the plagues upon Egypt is a palpable darkness that covers the land for three days, symbolizing God's power over creation and His judgment against Pharaoh's hardened heart.

3. Symbol of Evil and Ignorance: Throughout the Psalms and the Prophets, darkness often symbolizes evil and ignorance. For instance, Psalm 82:5 states, "They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken" . Here, darkness represents a lack of understanding and moral corruption.

4. Divine Presence and Mystery: Paradoxically, darkness can also signify the mysterious presence of God. In 1 Kings 8:12, Solomon acknowledges, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness" , indicating the incomprehensible and awe-inspiring nature of God.

New Testament Usage

1. Spiritual Blindness and Sin: In the New Testament, darkness frequently symbolizes spiritual blindness and sin. John 3:19-20 states, "This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil" . Here, darkness is associated with the rejection of Christ and the persistence in sin.

2. Separation from God: Darkness also represents separation from God. In Matthew 8:12, Jesus speaks of those who will be cast "into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" , illustrating the ultimate separation from God's presence and the resulting despair.

3. Transformation through Christ: The New Testament emphasizes the transformative power of Christ to bring people out of darkness. In Colossians 1:13, Paul writes, "He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son" , highlighting the redemptive work of Christ in delivering believers from the power of sin and ignorance.

4. Moral and Ethical Living: Believers are called to live as "children of light" (Ephesians 5:8), rejecting the deeds of darkness and embracing a life of righteousness and truth. This call to moral and ethical living is a recurring theme, urging Christians to reflect the light of Christ in a world often characterized by spiritual darkness.

Eschatological Significance

In eschatological contexts, darkness is often associated with the end times and divine judgment. Revelation 16:10 describes the fifth bowl of God's wrath, where the kingdom of the beast is plunged into darkness, symbolizing the ultimate defeat of evil and the establishment of God's righteous rule.

Throughout Scripture, darkness serves as a powerful symbol of the absence of God's light and truth, a condition that is ultimately overcome through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, who is the "light of the world" (John 8:12).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Darkness

is spoken of as encompassing the actual presence of God, as that out of which he speaks, --the envelope, as it were, of divine glory. (Exodus 20:21; 1 Kings 8:12) The plague of darkness in Egypt was miraculous. The darkness "over all the land," (Matthew 27:45) attending the crucifixion has been attributed to an eclipse, but was undoubtedly miraculous, as no eclipse of the sun could have taken place at that time, the moon being at the full at the time of the passover. Darkness is also, as in the expression "land of darkness," used for the state of the dead, (Job 10:21,22) and frequently, figuratively, for ignorance and unbelief, as the privation of spiritual light. (John 1:5; 3:19)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Darkness

The absence of natural light, Genesis 1:2, and hence figuratively a state of misery and adversity, Job 18:6 Psalm 107:10 Isaiah 8:22 9:1; also the absence of the sun and stars, and hence the fall of chief men and national convulsions, Isaiah 13:10 Acts 2:20. "Works of darkness," are the impure mysteries practiced in heathen worship, Ephesians 5:11. "Outer darkness" illustrates the gloom of those on whom the gates of heaven are closed, Matthew 8:12. The darkness in Egypt, Exodus 10:21-23, was miraculous; also that which covered all Judea with sympathetic gloom at the crucifixion of Christ, Luke 23:43. This could not have been caused by an eclipse of the sun; for at Passover the moon was full, and on the opposite side of the earth from the sun.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Exodus 10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23).

When Jesus hung upon the cross (Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44), from the "sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."

On Mount Sinai, Moses (Exodus 20:21) "drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." This was the "thick cloud upon the mount" in which Jehovah was when he spake unto Moses there. The Lord dwelt in the cloud upon the mercy-seat (1 Kings 8:12), the cloud of glory. When the psalmist (Psalm 97:2) describes the inscrutable nature of God's workings among the sons of men, he says, "Clouds and darkness are round about him." God dwells in thick darkness.

Darkness (Isaiah 13:9, 10; Matthew 24:29) also is a symbol of the judgments that attend on the coming of the Lord. It is a symbol of misery and adversity (Job 18:6; Psalm 107:10; Isaiah 8:22; Ezek. 30:18). The "day of darkness" in Joel 2:2, caused by clouds of locusts, is a symbol of the obscurity which overhangs all divine proceedings. "Works of darkness" are impure actions (Ephesians 5:11). "Outer darkness" refers to the darkness of the streets in the East, which are never lighted up by any public or private lamps after nightfall, in contrast with the blaze of cheerful light in the house. It is also a symbol of ignorance (Isaiah 9:2; 60:2; Matthew 6:23) and of death (Job 10:21; 17:13).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

2. (n.) A state of privacy; secrecy.

3. (n.) A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.

4. (n.) Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.

5. (n.) A state of distress or trouble.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DARK; DARKNESS

dark, dark'-nes (choshekh; skotos):

1. Darkness and Light in Palestine:

The day and night, light and darkness, are notable antitheses in Palestine. There the day does not slowly fade away into the night after a period of twilight, but before sunset there is the brightness of day, and when the sun has disappeared everything has changed and night is at hand. From sunset until the darkness of night is less than an hour.

2. Symbolic Uses:

In the Bible the main use of darkness is in contrast to light. Light is the symbol of God's purity, wisdom and glory. Darkness is the opposite. Miraculous occurrence of darkness in the land of Egypt for three days is recorded in Exodus 10:21, 22, and at the death of Christ (Matthew 27:45). See PLAGUE; ECLIPSE.

The figurative uses of darkness are many and various. It is used as a symbol

(a) of moral depravity and its punishment. The wicked walk and work in darkness (Psalm 82:5 Proverbs 2:13 John 3:19 Romans 13:12), and their reward is to "sit in darkness" (Psalm 107:10) or to be "cast forth into the outer darkness" (Matthew 8:12);

(b) of things mysterious or inexplicable (1 Kings 8:12 Psalm 97:2);

(c) of trouble and affliction (2 Samuel 22:29 Job 5:14 Proverbs 20:20 Isaiah 9:2; compare Genesis 15:12);

(d) of punishment (Lamentations 3:2 Ezekiel 32:8 Zephaniah 1:15); (e) of death (1 Samuel 2:9 Job 10:21 Ecclesiastes 11:8); (f) of nothingness (Job 3:4-6); (g) of human ignorance (Job 19:8 1 John 2:11).

"A dark (the Revised Version, margin "squalid") place" (2 Peter 1:19) refers especially to the state of things described in 2Pe 2.

Alfred H. Joy

Greek

4653. skotia -- darkness
... darkness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: skotia Phonetic Spelling:
(skot-ee'-ah) Short Definition: darkness Definition: darkness; fig ...
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4655. skotos -- darkness
... darkness. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine; Noun, Neuter Transliteration: skotos
Phonetic Spelling: (skot'-os) Short Definition: darkness Definition: darkness ...
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1105. gnophos -- darkness, gloom
... darkness, gloom. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: gnophos Phonetic
Spelling: (gnof'-os) Short Definition: darkness, gloom Definition: darkness ...
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2217. zophos -- deep gloom
... deep gloom. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: zophos Phonetic Spelling:
(dzof'-os) Short Definition: darkness, murkiness Definition: darkness ...
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4652. skoteinos -- dark
... dark. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: skoteinos Phonetic Spelling:
(skot-i-nos') Short Definition: full of darkness, dark Definition: full of darkness ...
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4639. skia -- shadow
... shadow. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: skia Phonetic Spelling:
(skee'-ah) Short Definition: a shadow, thick darkness, an outline Definition: a ...
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4656. skotoo -- to darken
... or met.) I darken. Cognate: 4656 -- to darken; (figuratively) to produce a of
moral, spiritual darkness (obscurity, blindness). See 4654 (). ...
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1659. eleutheroo -- to make free, fig. to exempt (from liability)
... Cognate: 1659 -- properly, set free, release from bondage; (figuratively) to remove
the restrictions of sin (darkness) because delivered by God (growth). ...
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541. apaugasma -- radiance
... His eternal light breaks through all the darkness that keeps someone in spiritual
ignorance (bondage), ie every resistance exerted by sin. ...
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5461. photizo -- to shine, give light
... Cognate: 5461 (from 5457 , "light") -- properly, ; (figuratively) God sharing ,
exposing and overcoming darkness -- like the ignorance (prejudice) caused by sin ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2825. chashekah -- darkness
... 2824, 2825. chashekah. 2826 . darkness. Transliteration: chashekah Phonetic
Spelling: (khash-ay-kaw') Short Definition: darkness. ...
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5890. ephah -- darkness
... 5889, 5890. ephah. 5891 . darkness. Transliteration: ephah Phonetic
Spelling: (ay-faw') Short Definition: darkness. Word Origin ...
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652. ophel -- darkness, gloom
... 651, 652. ophel. 653 . darkness, gloom. Transliteration: ophel Phonetic
Spelling: (o'fel) Short Definition: darkness. Word Origin ...
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2816. chashok -- darkness
... 2815, 2816. chashok. 2817 . darkness. Transliteration: chashok Phonetic
Spelling: (khash-oke') Short Definition: darkness. Word ...
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2822. choshek -- darkness, obscurity
... 2821, 2822. choshek. 2823 . darkness, obscurity. Transliteration: choshek
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-shek') Short Definition: darkness. ...
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653. aphelah -- darkness, gloominess, calamity
... darkness, gloominess, calamity. Transliteration: aphelah Phonetic Spelling:
(af-ay-law') Short Definition: gloom. ... dark, darkness, gloominess, thick. ...
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3991. maapheleyah -- deep darkness
... 3990, 3991. maapheleyah. 3992 . deep darkness. Transliteration: maapheleyah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-af-ay-leh-yaw') Short Definition: darkness. ...
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3990. maaphel -- darkness
... 3989, 3990. maaphel. 3991 . darkness. Transliteration: maaphel Phonetic
Spelling: (mah-af-ale') Short Definition: darkness. Word ...
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6940. qadruth -- darkness, gloom
... 6939, 6940. qadruth. 6941 . darkness, gloom. Transliteration: qadruth
Phonetic Spelling: (kad-rooth') Short Definition: blackness. ...
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3650. kimrir -- darkness, gloominess
... 3649, 3650. kimrir. 3651 . darkness, gloominess. Transliteration: kimrir
Phonetic Spelling: (kim-reer') Short Definition: blackness. ...
/hebrew/3650.htm - 6k

Library

Light in Darkness.
... LIGHT IN DARKNESS. LIGHT IN DARKNESS. i. ... And to feel, if now around us a desert land
we see,. Without the star of promise, what would its darkness be! ...
/.../borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/light in darkness.htm

There is a Divine Darkness which is not Evil, and which Ultimately ...
... Book II. 23. There is a Divine Darkness Which is Not Evil, and Which
Ultimately Becomes Light. In connection with this subject it ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/23 there is a divine.htm

How the Darkness Failed to Overtake the Light.
... Book II. 22. How the Darkness Failed to Overtake the Light. Should any one
consider that we are adding something that is not written ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/22 how the darkness failed.htm

Different Kinds of Light; and of Darkness.
... Book II. 20. Different Kinds of Light; And of Darkness. "And [4727] the light
shineth in darkness and the darkness hath not overtaken ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/20 different kinds of light.htm

Unfruitful Works of Darkness
... EPHESIANS UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS. 'And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove them.'"Ephesians 5:11. ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/unfruitful works of darkness.htm

Darkness Before the Dawn
... Darkness Before the Dawn. A Sermon (No.2477). ... The child of God may be, then, in
comparative darkness. Yes, and he may be in positive darkness. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 42 1896/darkness before the dawn.htm

Whether the Damned are in Material Darkness?
... OF THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DAMNED (SEVEN ARTICLES) Whether the damned are in material
darkness? ... Therefore there is no material darkness there. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the damned are in.htm

When Darkness Falls and Night is Here,
... SYNESIUS When darkness falls and night is here,. tr., John Brownlie 8,8,8,8. ... I. When
darkness falls and night is here,. My hymns of praise in silence rise". ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/when darkness falls and night.htm

Light through Darkness.
... 19. LIGHT THROUGH DARKNESS. [Illustration: Chapter header.] ... Saith the prophet:
"When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.... ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /19 light through darkness.htm

The Cross the victory and Defeat of Darkness
... VOLUME II: ST. LUKE Chaps. XIII to XXIV THE CROSS THE VICTORY AND DEFEAT OF DARKNESS.
'This is your hour, and the power of darkness.' "Luke 22:53. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the cross the victory and.htm

Thesaurus

Darkness (177 Occurrences)
... The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Exodus 10:21) is described as darkness
"which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw ...
/d/darkness.htm - 41k

Blackness (13 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BLACKNESS. (kimririm, "obscurations"; qadhruth,
"darkness"; gnophos, "darkness" zophos "blackness"): Terms rarely used but of ...
/b/blackness.htm - 12k

Obscurity (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality or state of being obscure; darkness;
privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. Int. ...
/o/obscurity.htm - 10k

Gloom (29 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade;
obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. ...
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Death-shade (16 Occurrences)
... Death-shade (16 Occurrences). Luke 1:79 To give light to those sitting in darkness
and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.' (YLT). ...
/d/death-shade.htm - 10k

Shades (29 Occurrences)
... Shades (29 Occurrences). Matthew 4:16 The people who sat in darkness, saw great
light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen. ...
/s/shades.htm - 13k

Gross (12 Occurrences)
... of pens. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GROSS. gros (`araphel): Used
twice with "darkness" in Isaiah 60:2 Jeremiah 13:16. In the ...
/g/gross.htm - 11k

Shines (15 Occurrences)
... day. (WEB WEY DBY NAS). John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the
darkness hasn't overcome it. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV). Ephesians ...
/s/shines.htm - 10k

Noon (30 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Noon (30 Occurrences). Matthew 27:45 Now from noon until
three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land; (WEY). ...
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Shineth (13 Occurrences)
... in his day. (KJV ASV WBS). John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and
the darkness comprehended it not. (KJV ASV WBS). John 5 ...
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Resources

What is spiritual darkness? | GotQuestions.org

What is the outer darkness in Matthew 22:13? | GotQuestions.org

Will the sun really be turned to darkness and the moon to blood (Joel 2:31)? | GotQuestions.org

Darkness: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Darkness (177 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:16
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 8:12
but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to the servants,'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:30
Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 15:33
When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 1:79
to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:34
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:35
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:3
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 22:53
When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 23:44
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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 works were evil.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 6:17
and having entered into the boat, they were going over the sea to Capernaum, and darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come unto them,
(YLT)

John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 12:35
Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 12:46
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 20:1
And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,
(YLT)

Acts 2:20
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 13:11
Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 26:18
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 an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 2:19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 11:10
Let darkness come over their eyes that they may be unable to see, and make Thou their backs continually to stoop."
(WEY)

Romans 13:12
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 6:14
Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 6:15
and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever?
(YLT)

Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 6:12
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Colossians 1:13
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:4
But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Peter 2:4
For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS)

2 Peter 2:17
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 1:5
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 2:8
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 2:9
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 2:11
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jude 1:6
Angels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 16:10
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,
(KJV WBS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:4
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:5
God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:18
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 15:12
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 15:17
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
(See JPS YLT NIV)

Exodus 10:21
Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 10:22
Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 14:20
It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one didn't come near the other all the night.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 19:9
And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, I will come to thee in the cloud's thick darkness, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee also for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah.
(DBY)

Exodus 20:21
The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:11
You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 5:22
These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 5:23
It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:29
and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 24:7
When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
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2 Samuel 22:12
He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 22:29
For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Chronicles 6:1
Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Job 3:4
Let that day be darkness. Don't let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 3:6
As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 7:4
If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
(DBY)

Job 10:21
before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 10:22
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 11:17
Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Job 12:22
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 12:25
They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
(YLT NAS NIV)

Job 15:22
He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 15:23
He wanders abroad for bread, saying,'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 16:16
My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Job 17:12
They change the night into day, saying'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
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Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 19:8
He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
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Job 20:26
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 22:11
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
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Job 22:13
You say,'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 24:16
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
(YLT)

Job 24:17
For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Job 26:10
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 28:3
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 29:3
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 34:22
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Darkness

Darkness of Judgments

Darkness of Spiritual Blindness

Darkness the Following Scriptures

Darkness: "Outer Darkness"

Darkness: "Power of Darkness"

Darkness: A Course of Sin

Darkness: Abstruse and Deep Subjects