The word in Scripture

Darkness in the Bible

The word darkness appears 162 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Darkness stands for sin, ignorance, and separation from God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What darkness means in the Bible

Darkness stands for sin, ignorance, and separation from God.

Where the word darkness appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word darkness appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.”Psalms 82:5

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.”Psalms 139:12

“And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.”Isaiah 8:22

“To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.”Isaiah 42:7

“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”Matthew 10:27

“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”John 1:5

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”John 8:12

“And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,”Romans 2:19