Concordance

“Darkness” in the Bible

176 verses contain “darkness” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Genesis 1:18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 15:12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
Genesis 15:17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
Genesis 30:32 …and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my…
Genesis 30:33 …that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered…
Genesis 30:35 …ed female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his…
Genesis 30:40 …ob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s…
Exodus 10:21 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.”
Exodus 10:22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
Exodus 14:20 so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Exodus 20:21 And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
Deuteronomy 4:11 You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Deuteronomy 5:22 …our whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to…
Deuteronomy 5:23 And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
Deuteronomy 28:29 and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to…
Joshua 24:7 So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did…
1 Samuel 2:9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
2 Samuel 22:10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
2 Samuel 22:12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
2 Samuel 22:29 For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
1 Kings 18:45 Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
Job 3:4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
Job 3:5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Job 3:6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Job 3:9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Job 5:14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
Job 10:21 before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
Job 10:22 to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Job 11:17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Job 12:22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Job 12:25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Job 15:22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Job 15:23 He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Job 15:30 He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Job 17:12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Job 17:13 If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Job 18:6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 18:18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Job 19:8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Job 20:26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
Job 22:11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Job 22:13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Job 23:17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
Job 24:17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
Job 26:10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Job 28:3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Job 29:3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
Job 30:26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Job 34:22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
Job 37:19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
Job 38:9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Job 38:19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
Psalms 18:9 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
Psalms 18:11 He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
Psalms 18:28 For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
Psalms 35:6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
Psalms 44:19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Psalms 74:20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
Psalms 82:5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psalms 88:12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Psalms 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Psalms 91:6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
Psalms 104:20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
Psalms 105:28 He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
Psalms 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Psalms 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Psalms 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
Psalms 139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Psalms 139:12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Psalms 143:3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Proverbs 2:13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
Proverbs 7:9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
Proverbs 20:20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Ecclesiastes 2:13 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
Ecclesiastes 2:14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
Ecclesiastes 6:4 For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Song of Solomon 1:5 I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Solomon 1:6 Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have…
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Isaiah 5:30 In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
Isaiah 8:22 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.
Isaiah 9:2 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.
Isaiah 16:3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Isaiah 29:18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Isaiah 42:7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Isaiah 42:16 …ot 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…
Isaiah 45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say…
Isaiah 47:5 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
Isaiah 49:9 to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
Isaiah 50:10 … 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…
Isaiah 58:10 and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Isaiah 59:9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Isaiah 60:2 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.
Jeremiah 2:6 …, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one…
Jeremiah 2:31 …ORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no…
Jeremiah 4:28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
Jeremiah 13:16 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…
Jeremiah 23:12 …r path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the…
Lamentations 3:2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
Lamentations 3:6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
Ezekiel 8:12 …see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has…
Ezekiel 32:8 All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 34:12 … places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and…
Daniel 2:22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will…
Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 2:31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
Joel 3:15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
Amos 4:13 …wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His…
Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—…
Amos 5:18 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.
Amos 5:20 Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
Micah 3:6 Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Nahum 1:8 But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
Zephaniah 1:15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
Matthew 4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
Matthew 6:23 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!
Matthew 8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Matthew 22:13 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.’
Matthew 25:30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Mark 1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
Mark 15:33 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Luke 1:79 to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
Luke 11:35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
Luke 11:36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
Luke 12:3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Luke 22:53 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.”
Luke 23:44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
John 1:5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 3:19 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.
John 6:17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
John 8:12 Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 12:35 …t will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is…
John 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

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