What Does the Bible Say About Swirling Darkness?

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

John 8:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Acts 26:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

John 11:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

John 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

1 John 2:8-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 1:5-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice 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 cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1 Thessalonians 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

Romans 13:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

John 12:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

John 3:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

Luke 1:79 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Matthew 8:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Proverbs 4:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

1 John 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

John 12:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

John 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Matthew 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”

Isaiah 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Psalm 139:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

33 Bible Verses about Swirling Darkness

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 8:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 26:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 11:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:8-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:5-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 13:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 12:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 1:79 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 8:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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33 Bible Verses about Swirling Darkness

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Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 8:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 26:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 11:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:8-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:5-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 13:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 12:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 1:79 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 8:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 18:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes