38 Bible Verses about Darkness

The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

For ye were formerly darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.

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

And have no society with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them.

The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

For every one whose practices are foul hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his actions may not be brought to conviction.

And the angels who preserved not their own primitive state, but deserted their proper abode, hath he reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.

These are fountains without water, clouds driven by a hurricane; for whom the blackness of darkness for ever is reserved.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him into the darkness, which is without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.

to open their eyes, to convert them from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith which is in me.

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

He who saith, that he is in the light, yet hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother is in the light, and occasion of stumbling in him there is none. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he is departing, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he is departing, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him.

Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going. While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of the light. These things spake Jesus, and going away, concealed himself from them.

This then I urge and testify in the Lord, that ye walk no more as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts:

And this is the promise which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that darkness in him there is none. If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and practise not the truth:

Now from the fifth hour darkness fell upon all the land, unto the ninth hour.

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo! there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.

who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness.

And the fifth angel poured out his vase upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness, and they gnawed their own tongues from anguish,

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched out no hands upon me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

For if God spared not the angels when they sinned, but casting them bound in chains of darkness into hell, delivered them to be kept fast until the judgment;

These are fountains without water, clouds driven by a hurricane; for whom the blackness of darkness for ever is reserved.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him into the darkness, which is without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For the God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, he hath shined into our hearts, to give illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.

who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

And have no society with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them.

What I say unto you in the dark, publish in the light: and what ye hear whispered into the ear, proclaim upon the roofs.

For ye have not approached the mountain that could only be groped for, and that burned with fire, and the thick cloud, and the darkness, and the tempest,

and embarking on a vessel were coming across the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he is departing, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him into the darkness, which is without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness.

For ye have not approached the mountain that could only be groped for, and that burned with fire, and the thick cloud, and the darkness, and the tempest,

For they who sleep, sleep in the night, and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night;

Now from the fifth hour darkness fell upon all the land, unto the ninth hour.

Now when the sixth hour came, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

And thus do, knowing the time; for the hour is come that we should awake from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Then, 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.

Now from the fifth hour darkness fell upon all the land, unto the ninth hour.

The lamp of the body is the eye: when therefore thine eye is clear, thy whole body will be luminous, but if it be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. Let it be thy aim then, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

And this is the promise which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that darkness in him there is none.

These are fountains without water, clouds driven by a hurricane; for whom the blackness of darkness for ever is reserved.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

For ye were formerly darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.

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