1Sa 2:9, Job 5:14, 12:25, 18:5-6, 18, Isa 59:9-10, Jer 13:16, 23:12 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

1 Samuel 2:9

9 ^a“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.

Job 5:14

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and ^bgrope at noonday as in the night.

Job 12:25

25 They ^cgrope in the dark without light,
and he makes them ^dstagger like a drunken man.

Job 18:5-6

5 “Indeed, ^ethe light of the wicked is put out,
and the flame of his fire does not shine.
6 The light is ^fdark in his tent,
and his lamp above him is put out.

Job 18:18

18 ^gHe is thrust from light into darkness,
and driven out of the world.

Isaiah 59:9-10

9 Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
^hwe hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 ⁱWe grope for the wall like the blind;
we grope like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
^jamong those in full vigor we are like dead men.

Jeremiah 13:16

16 ^kGive glory to the Lord your God
^lbefore he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and ^mwhile you look for light
he turns it into gloom
and makes it ⁿdeep darkness.

Jeremiah 23:12

12 ^oTherefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths ^pin the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
^qin the year of their punishment,

declares the Lord.