Gen 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Gen 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Gen 1:18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Exo 10:21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.”
Exo 10:22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
Exo 14:20 coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.
Deu 4:11 And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
Deu 5:23 And as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.
Jos 2:5 And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”
1Sa 2:9 “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
2Sa 22:12 He made darkness around him his canopy,
thick clouds, a gathering of water.
thick clouds, a gathering of water.
2Sa 22:29 For you are my lamp, O Lord,
and my God lightens my darkness.
and my God lightens my darkness.
Job 3:4 Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
Job 3:5 Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and grope at noonday as in the night.
and grope at noonday as in the night.
Job 10:21 before I go—and I shall not return—
to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
Job 12:22 He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.
and brings deep darkness to light.
Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light,
and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Job 15:22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
and he is marked for the sword.
Job 15:23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
Job 15:30 he will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
Job 17:12 They make night into day:
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’
Job 17:13 If I hope for Sheol as my house,
if I make my bed in darkness,
if I make my bed in darkness,
Job 18:18 He is thrust from light into darkness,
and driven out of the world.
and driven out of the world.
Job 19:8 He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
Job 20:26 Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures;
a fire not fanned will devour him;
what is left in his tent will be consumed.
a fire not fanned will devour him;
what is left in his tent will be consumed.
Job 22:11 or darkness, so that you cannot see,
and a flood of water covers you.
and a flood of water covers you.
Job 23:17 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.
nor because thick darkness covers my face.
Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
Job 26:10 He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.
at the boundary between light and darkness.
Job 28:3 Man puts an end to darkness
and searches out to the farthest limit
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
and searches out to the farthest limit
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
Job 29:3 when his lamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
Job 34:22 There is no gloom or deep darkness
where evildoers may hide themselves.
where evildoers may hide themselves.
Job 37:19 Teach us what we shall say to him;
we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
Job 38:19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
and where is the place of darkness,
Psa 18:11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.
thick clouds dark with water.
Psa 18:28 For it is you who light my lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
Psa 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
Psa 88:12 Are your wonders known in the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psa 104:20 You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
Psa 105:28 He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they did not rebel against his words.
they did not rebel against his words.
Psa 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,
Psa 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.
and burst their bonds apart.
Psa 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;
he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Psa 139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
and the light about me be night,”
Psa 139:12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
Pro 2:13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
to walk in the ways of darkness,
Pro 20:20 If one curses his father or his mother,
his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
Ecc 2:13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
Ecc 2:14 The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.
Ecc 5:17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.
Ecc 6:4 For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered.
Ecc 11:8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.
Isa 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
Isa 5:30 They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
Isa 9:2 The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
Isa 29:18 In that day the deaf shall hear
the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.
the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.
Isa 42:7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Isa 45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
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