'Darkness' in the Bible

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt."

So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.

He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. The Lord illumines the darkness around me.

Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

That day -- let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

That night -- let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

he wanders about -- food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'

If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

"In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

the plague that comes in the darkness, or the disease that comes at noon.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many -- all that is about to come is obscure.

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth."

Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?'

Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage on my shoulder while they watched.

"The prince who is among them will raise his belongings onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.

It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army -- there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes -- that great and terrible day!

For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is his name!"

(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name!

Woe to those who wish for the day of the Lord! Why do you want the Lord's day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

Don't you realize the Lord's day of judgment will bring darkness, not light -- gloomy blackness, not bright light?

Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.

That day will be a day of God's anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned."

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.