Bible Verses About Darkness

“The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

“And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

“But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”

“And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

“For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.”

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

“He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.”

“Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining. If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”

“For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.”

“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt — a palpable darkness.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.”

“The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”

“But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”

“Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.”

“I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.”

“But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.”

“But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”

“And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.”

“I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.”

“Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.”

“I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.”

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

“They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.”

“Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.”

“So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.”

“For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;”

“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

“If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.”

“From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.”

“God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.”

“And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish”

“Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?”

“And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.”

“They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.”

“But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”

“From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.”

“Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

“For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;”

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.”

“Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.”

“So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

“Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.”

“Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.”

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”