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Words of Wisdom
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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Genesis 1
:2
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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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Genesis 15
:12
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For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 10
:15
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And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
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Exodus 14
:20
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And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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Exodus 20
:21
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And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
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Leviticus 13
:6
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With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
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Numbers 12
:8
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And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
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Deuteronomy 4
:11
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These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
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Deuteronomy 5
:22, 23
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And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
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Deuteronomy 28
:29
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And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
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Joshua 2
:5
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And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
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Joshua 24
:7
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He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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1 Samuel 2
:9
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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2 Samuel 22
:10
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Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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1 Kings 8
:12
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Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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2 Chronicles 6
:1
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The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Ezra 2
:56
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The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Nehemiah 7
:58
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And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
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Nehemiah 13
:19
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Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
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Job 3
:4-6
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They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
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Job 5
:14
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Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
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Job 10
:21, 22
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He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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Job 12
:22
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He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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Job 15
:22, 23
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They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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Job 17
:12, 13
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The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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Job 18
:6
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He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
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Job 19
:8
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All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
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Job 20
:26
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Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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Job 22
:11
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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Job 23
:17
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In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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Job 24
:16
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He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
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Job 28
:3
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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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Job 29
:3
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When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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Job 30
:26
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There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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Job 34
:22
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Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
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Job 37
:19
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Job 38
:2
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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Psalms 18
:9
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Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
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Psalms 35
:6
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I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Psalms 49
:4
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
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Psalms 69
:23
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Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
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Psalms 74
:20
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I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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Psalms 78
:2
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They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
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Psalms 82
:5
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Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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Psalms 88
:6
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Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
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Psalms 91
:6
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Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
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Psalms 97
:2
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Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
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Psalms 104
:20
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He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
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Psalms 105
:28
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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
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Psalms 107
:10
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Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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Psalms 112
:4
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
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Psalms 139
:11, 12
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For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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Psalms 143
:3
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To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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Proverbs 1
:6
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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Proverbs 2
:13
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The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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Proverbs 4
:19
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In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
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Proverbs 7
:9
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Proverbs 20
:20
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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Ecclesiastes 2
:13, 14
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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Ecclesiastes 5
:17
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For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
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Ecclesiastes 6
:4
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But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 11
:8
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While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
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Ecclesiastes 12
:2, 3
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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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Isaiah 5
:20
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And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
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Isaiah 8
:22
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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
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Isaiah 9
:2
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For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
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Isaiah 13
:10
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There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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Isaiah 24
:11
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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Isaiah 29
:15
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To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
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Isaiah 42
:7
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And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
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Isaiah 45
:3
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Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
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Isaiah 47
:5
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That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
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Isaiah 49
:9
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Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
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Isaiah 50
:10
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And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
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Isaiah 58
:10
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Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
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Isaiah 59
:9
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For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
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Isaiah 60
:2
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O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
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Jeremiah 2
:31
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Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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Jeremiah 13
:16
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Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 23
:12
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He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
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Lamentations 3
:2
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Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
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Ezekiel 8
:12
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At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
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Ezekiel 30
:18
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And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 32
:7, 8
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As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
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Ezekiel 34
:12
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He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
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Daniel 2
:22
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And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
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Daniel 8
:23
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A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
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Joel 2
:2
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The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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Joel 3
:15
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For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
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Amos 4
:13
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Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
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Amos 5
:8
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And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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Amos 8
:9
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Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
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Micah 3
:6
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Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
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Micah 7
:8
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But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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Nahum 1
:8
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That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
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Zephaniah 1
:15
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Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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Zechariah 11
:17
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
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Zechariah 14
:6
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The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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Matthew 4
:16
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But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
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Matthew 6
:23
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But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 8
:12
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What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
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Matthew 10
:27
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Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 22
:13
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Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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Matthew 24
:29
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And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 25
:30
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
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Matthew 27
:45
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But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
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Mark 13
:24
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And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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Mark 15
:33
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To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Luke 1
:79
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The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
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Luke 11
:34-36
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Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
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Luke 12
:3
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When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
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Luke 22
:53
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And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
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Luke 23
:44, 45
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And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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John 1
:5
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And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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John 3
:19
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And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
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John 6
:17
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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.
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John 8
:12
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Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
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John 12
:35
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The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
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John 20
:1
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
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Acts 2
:20
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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
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Acts 13
:11
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To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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Acts 26
:18
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Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
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Romans 1
:21
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And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
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Romans 2
:19
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
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Romans 11
:10
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The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
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Romans 13
:12
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Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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1 Corinthians 4
:5
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For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
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1 Corinthians 13
:12
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For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 4
:6
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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
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2 Corinthians 6
:14
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Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
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Ephesians 4
:18
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For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
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Ephesians 5
:8
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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Ephesians 6
:12
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Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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Colossians 1
:13
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But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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1 Thessalonians 5
:4, 5
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For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
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Hebrews 12
:18
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
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1 Peter 2
:9
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We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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2 Peter 1
:19
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For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
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2 Peter 2
:4
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This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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1 John 1
:5, 6
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Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
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1 John 2
:8, 9
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And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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Jude 1
:6
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And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
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Revelation 8
:12
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And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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Revelation 9
:2
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And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
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Revelation 16
:10
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