Dictionary of Bible Themes Darkness is often used in Scripture as a symbol of sin and its effects. It is often contrasted with light, as a symbol of forgiveness and the presence of God. John 3:19-20Darkness as a symbol of sin See also Job 24:16-17Proverbs 2:12-15; 4:19 Isaiah 5:20; 29:15 Matthew 6:23 Luke 22:53 Romans 1:21 Jesus Christ arrested Romans 13:122 Corinthians 6:14 Paul encourages believers to live in the light: Ephesians 5:8-121 John 1:5-6 2 Corinthians 4:4 Darkness as a symbol of the effects of sin See also Darkness symbolising ignorance of the truth Psalms 82:5Isaiah 8:20 2 Corinthians 3:14-15 Ephesians 4:18 John 12:35 See also Darkness symbolising the inability to find the right way Job 12:24-25Isaiah 59:9-10 Matthew 5:14 1 John 2:9,11 Job 3:3-6; 19:8; 23:16-17; 30:26 Psalms 107:10; 143:3 Darkness symbolises times of trial Ecclesiastes 11:8Job 10:20-22 See also Darkness symbolises death and the grave Psalms 49:19; 88:10-122 Samuel 22:29 God's provision for the darkness of sin See also God himself is a remedy for darkness Psalms 18:28; 30:5; 91:4-7Isaiah 42:16; 50:10 Micah 7:8 Isaiah 9:2 See also God will deliver from darkness Matthew 4:16Psalms 107:13-14 Isaiah 29:18; 49:8-9 Luke 1:78-79 Acts 26:17-18 Colossians 1:13 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5 1 Peter 2:9 John 8:12 See also God's Son saves believers from darkness John 1:4-5; 12:461 Corinthians 4:5 2 Corinthians 4:6 Genesis 1:3 Ephesians 5:8 2 Peter 1:19 1 John 2:8 Isaiah 42:6-7 See also God's people rescue others from darkness Isaiah 60:1-5See also 4027 world, fallen4847 smallness 5560 suffering 5831 depression 6020 sin 6139 deadness, spiritual 6181 ignorance 6185 imagination, desires 8718 disobedience 8734 evil 9020 death 9210 judgment, God's |
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