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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Genesis Chapter 1: Verse 2
God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning,the first day.
Genesis Chapter 1: Verse 5
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt,darkness that can be felt."
So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.
Exodus Chapter 10: Verses 21 - 22
On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.
Exodus Chapter 19: Verse 16
The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. Idols and Altars
Exodus Chapter 20: Verse 21
He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his canopy around him, the dark rain clouds of the sky.
2 Samuel Chapter 22: Verses 10 - 12
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
2 Chronicles Chapter 6: Verse 1
when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
Job Chapter 38: Verse 9
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Psalms Chapter 18: Verse 11
Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Psalms Chapter 97: Verse 2
He sent darkness and made the land dark, for had they not rebelled against his words?
Psalms Chapter 105: Verse 28
If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
Proverbs Chapter 20: Verse 20
Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
Isaiah Chapter 8: Verse 22
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 Chapter 9: Verse 2
The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
Isaiah Chapter 13: Verse 10
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
Isaiah Chapter 42: Verse 16
I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things.
Isaiah Chapter 45: Verse 7
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
Isaiah Chapter 50: Verse 10
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.
Jeremiah Chapter 4: Verse 23
Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above grow dark, because I have spoken and will not relent, I have decided and will not turn back."
Jeremiah Chapter 4: Verse 28
Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to thick darkness and change it to deep gloom.
Jeremiah Chapter 13: Verse 16
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
Lamentations Chapter 3: Verse 2
When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel Chapter 32: Verses 7 - 8
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come.
Joel Chapter 2: Verse 2
Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
Joel Chapter 2: Verse 10
He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth, the LORD God Almighty is his name.
Amos Chapter 4: Verse 13
Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD ? That day will be darkness, not light.
Amos Chapter 5: Verse 18
Will not the day of the LORD be darkness, not light, pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?
Amos Chapter 5: Verse 20
"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
Amos Chapter 8: Verse 9
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Micah Chapter 7: Verse 8
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 Chapter 4: Verse 16
"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!
Matthew Chapter 6: Verses 22 - 23
"Immediately after the distress 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 heavenly bodies will be shaken.'
Matthew Chapter 24: Verse 29
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Matthew Chapter 27: Verse 45
"But in those days, following that distress, " 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Mark Chapter 13: Verse 24
At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark Chapter 15: Verse 33
to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."
Luke Chapter 1: Verse 79
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 also is full of darkness.
Luke Chapter 11: Verse 34
Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour,when darkness reigns."Peter Disowns Jesus
Luke Chapter 22: Verse 53
for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
Luke Chapter 23: Verse 45
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
John Chapter 1: Verse 5
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." John the Baptist's Testimony About Jesus
John Chapter 3: Verses 19 - 21
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John Chapter 8: Verse 12
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world's light.
John Chapter 11: Verse 9
to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Acts Chapter 26: Verse 18
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans Chapter 1: Verse 21
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Romans Chapter 13: Verses 12 - 13
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.
1 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verses 5 - 6
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
2 Corinthians Chapter 6: Verse 14
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
Ephesians Chapter 5: Verse 8
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians Chapter 6: Verse 12
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
Colossians Chapter 1: Verse 13
But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5: Verses 4 - 5
You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;
Hebrews Chapter 12: Verse 18
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter Chapter 2: Verse 9
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by 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, purifies us from all sin.
1 John Chapter 1: Verses 5 - 7
Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
1 John Chapter 2: Verses 8 - 11
The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
Revelation Chapter 8: Verse 12
When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
Revelation Chapter 9: Verse 2
The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. Men gnawed their tongues in agony
Revelation Chapter 16: Verse 10
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