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Want to know what the Bible says about Darkness? Here are 163 Bible verses about Darkness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Isaiah 8:22 NIV
Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
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John 12:46 NIV
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
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Exodus 10:22 NIV
So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.
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Psalm 82:5 NIV
“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.
    They walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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Revelation 9:2 NIV
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.
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Matthew 6:23 NIV
But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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2 Corinthians 4:4 NIV
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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Genesis 1:5 NIV
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning —the first day.
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Psalm 18:11 NIV
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
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Mark 15:33 NIV
At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
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Hebrews 12:18 NIV
You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;
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Matthew 6:22 NIV
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
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Jeremiah 13:16 NIV
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 utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.
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Joel 2:2 NIV
    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 in ancient times
    nor ever will be in ages to come.
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John 3:19-20 NIV
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
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Matthew 27:45 NIV
From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.
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Matthew 6:22-23 NIV
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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Isaiah 60:1-2 NIV
60 “Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth
    and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
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