The best Bible verses for darkness (NASB) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for darkness (NASB), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"'You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom."Deuteronomy 4:11
"'You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom."Deuteronomy 4:11
"'And when you heard the voice from 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."Deuteronomy 5:23
"The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both."Ecclesiastes 2:14
"Throughout his life [he] also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger."Ecclesiastes 5:17
"for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity."Ecclesiastes 6:4
"Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come [will be] futility."Ecclesiastes 11:8
"for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light"Ephesians 5:8
"Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;"Ephesians 5:11
"For you have not come to [a mountain] that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,"Hebrews 12:18
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"Isaiah 5:20
"And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness [and] distress; Even the light is darkened by its clouds."Isaiah 5:30
"Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and [they will be] driven away into darkness."Isaiah 8:22
"The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them."Isaiah 9:2
"Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the LORD, And whose deeds are [done] in a dark place, And they say, 'Who sees us?' or 'Who knows us?'"Isaiah 29:15
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 (NASB) are Deuteronomy 4:11, Deuteronomy 5:23, Ecclesiastes 2:13. 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 (NASB) 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 (NASB), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.