The best Bible verses for darkness (MSG) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for darkness (MSG), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"They've refused for so long to deal with God that they've lost touch not only with God but with reality itself."Ephesians 4:18
"They've refused for so long to deal with God that they've lost touch not only with God but with reality itself."Ephesians 4:18
"This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there's not a trace of darkness in him."1 John 1:5
"If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we're obviously lying through our teeth—we're not living what we claim."1 John 1:6
"On the other hand, perhaps it is new, freshly minted as it is in both Christ and you—the darkness on its way out and the True Light already blazing!"1 John 2:8
"Anyone who claims to live in God's light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark."1 John 2:9
"But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn't know which end is up, blinded by the darkness."1 John 2:11
"But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—"1 Peter 2:9
"But friends, you're not in the dark, so how could you be taken off guard by any of this?"1 Thessalonians 5:4
"You're sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand."1 Thessalonians 5:5
"It started when God said, "Light up the darkness!" and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful."2 Corinthians 4:6
"Don't become partners with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? That's not partnership; that's war. Is light best friends with dark?"2 Corinthians 6:14
"There's nothing to these people—they're dried-up fountains, storm-scattered clouds, headed for a black hole in hell."2 Peter 2:17
"God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He's set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much,"Colossians 1:13
"You gathered. You stood in the shadow of the mountain. The mountain was ablaze with fire, blazing high into the very heart of Heaven. You stood in deep darkness and thick clouds."Deuteronomy 4:11
"As it turned out, when you heard the Voice out of that dark cloud and saw the mountain on fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your leaders,"Deuteronomy 5:23
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for darkness (MSG) are Ephesians 4:18, 1 John 1:5, 1 John 1:6. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to darkness (MSG) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for darkness (MSG), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.