Darkness
67 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
44 sections
- “Outer Darkness”
- “Power of Darkness”
- A Course of Sin
- Abstruse and Deep Subjects
- Anything Hateful
- Called Night
- Called the Swaddling Band of the Sea
- Cannot Hide Us from God
- Caused by the Setting of the Sun
- Created by God
- Degrees of, Mentioned: Great
- Degrees of, Mentioned: Gross
- Degrees of, Mentioned: Outer or Extreme
- Degrees of, Mentioned: That May be Felt
- Degrees of, Mentioned: Thick
- Effects of Causes Us to Go Astray
- Effects of Causes Us to Stumble
- Effects of Keeps Us from Seeing Objects
- Exhibits God's Power and Greatness
- God Creates
- Greatness and Unsearchableness of God
- Heavy Afflictions
- Ignorance and Error
- Inexplicable Nature of
- Miraculous in Egypt
- Miraculous: At Mount Sinai
- Miraculous: At the Crucifixion
- Miraculous: At the Death of Christ
- Miraculous: Before the Destruction of Jerusalem
- Miraculous: On Mount Sinai
- Miraculous: Over the Land of Egypt
- Often Put for Night
- Originally Covered the Earth
- Over the Face of the Earth
- Secrecy
- Separated from the Light
- The Grave
- The Power of Satan
- The Punishment of Devils and Wicked Men
- The Wicked are Full of
- The Wicked: Live In
- The Wicked: Perpetuate Their Designs In
- The Wicked: The Children of
- The Wicked: Walk In
“Outer 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 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.’
“Power of Darkness”
- 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.”
- Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- Colossians 1:13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
- Revelation 16:10 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
A Course of Sin
- Proverbs 2:13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Abstruse and Deep Subjects
- Job 28:3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Anything Hateful
- Job 3:4–9 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it. …
Called Night
- 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.
Called the Swaddling Band of the Sea
- Job 38:9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Cannot Hide Us from God
- Psalm 139:11–12 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— …
Caused by the Setting of the Sun
- 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.
- 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.
Created by God
- Psalm 104:20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Degrees of, Mentioned: Great
- Genesis 15:12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
Degrees of, Mentioned: Gross
- 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 darkness.
Degrees of, Mentioned: Outer or Extreme
- 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.”
Degrees of, Mentioned: That May be Felt
- 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.”
Degrees of, Mentioned: Thick
- Deuteronomy 5:22 The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your 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 me.
- 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 ever be in ages to come.
Effects of Causes Us to Go Astray
- John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light 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 going.
- 1 John 2:11 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.
Effects of Causes Us to Stumble
- Isaiah 59:10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
Effects of Keeps Us from Seeing Objects
- Exodus 10:23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
Exhibits God's Power and Greatness
- Job 38:8–9 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, …
God Creates
- Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Greatness and Unsearchableness of God
- Exodus 20:21 And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
- Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
Heavy Afflictions
- Job 23:17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
- Psalm 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright — for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Ecclesiastes 5:17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
- 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 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.
Ignorance and Error
- Job 37:19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
- 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.
- 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 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light 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 going.
- Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Inexplicable Nature of
- Job 38:19–20 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides, …
Miraculous in Egypt
- Exodus 10:21–22 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.” …
- Psalm 105:28 He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
Miraculous: At Mount Sinai
- Exodus 20:21 And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
- Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Miraculous: At the Crucifixion
- Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Mark 15:33 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Miraculous: At the Death of Christ
- Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Miraculous: Before the Destruction of Jerusalem
- Matthew 24:29 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.’
Miraculous: On Mount Sinai
- Exodus 19:16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Miraculous: Over the Land of Egypt
- Exodus 10:21–22 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.” …
Often Put for Night
- Psalm 91:6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
Originally Covered the Earth
- 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.
Over the Face of the Earth
- 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.
- Job 38:9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
- Jeremiah 4:23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
Secrecy
- 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 what is right.
- Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Separated from the Light
- Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
The Grave
- 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.
- Job 10:21–22 before I go — never to return — to a land of darkness and gloom, …
The Power of Satan
- Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- Colossians 1:13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
The Punishment of Devils and Wicked Men
- 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.’
- 2 Peter 2:4 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;
- 2 Peter 2:17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
- Jude 6 And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling— these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Jude 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
The Wicked are Full of
- 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!
The Wicked: Live In
- Psalm 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
The Wicked: Perpetuate Their Designs In
- Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
The Wicked: The Children of
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
The Wicked: Walk In
- Psalm 82:5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.