From Nave’s Topical Bible
Darkness
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 71Passages listed
- 30Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Over the face of the earthGenesis 1:2Job 38:9Jeremiah 4:23
- Called NIGHTGenesis 1:5
- God createsIsaiah 45:7
- Miraculous
- In EgyptExodus 10:21Exodus 10:22Psalms 105:28
- At Mount SinaiExodus 20:21Hebrews 12:18
- At the crucifixionMatthew 27:45Mark 15:33
- FIGURATIVE
- Of judgmentsProverbs 20:20Isaiah 8:22Isaiah 13:10Jeremiah 4:28Jeremiah 13:16Lamentations 3:2Ezekiel 32:7Ezekiel 32:8Joel 2:2Joel 2:10Amos 4:13Amos 5:18Amos 5:20Amos 8:9Micah 7:8Matthew 24:29Mark 13:24Luke 23:45Revelation 8:12Revelation 9:2
- Outer darknessMatthew 8:12Matthew 22:13Matthew 25:30
- Power of darknessLuke 22:53Ephesians 6:12Colossians 1:131 Thessalonians 5:5Revelation 16:10
- OF SPIRITUAL BLINDNESSIsaiah 9:2Isaiah 42:16Isaiah 50:10Matthew 4:16Matthew 6:22Matthew 6:23Matthew 8:12Luke 1:79John 1:5John 3:19–21John 8:12John 11:9John 11:10Acts 26:18Romans 1:21Romans 13:12Romans 13:131 Corinthians 4:52 Corinthians 4:62 Corinthians 6:14
Show the rest of Nave’s outline (4 more headings) ▾
- See Blindness, Spiritual
- The darkness of the Holy of Holies was symbolical of the dwelling place of Jehovah
- See Most Holy Place, under the topic [1222]TABERNACLE
- See the following scripturesExodus 19:162 Samuel 22:10–121 Kings 8:122 Chronicles 6:1Psalms 18:11Psalms 97:2Hebrews 12:18
The passages, in Bible order (71)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Commentary on Genesis 1:21 voice
The good architect lays the foundation first and afterward, when the foundation has been laid, plots the various parts of the building, one after the other, and then adds to it the ornamentation.… Scripture points out that things were first created and afterward put in order lest it be supposed that they were not actually created and that they had no beginning, just as if the nature of things had been, as it were, generated from the beginning and did not appear to be something added afterward.
Ambrose of Milan· The Six Days of Creation, 397Patristic
- Genesis 1:5
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Commentary on Genesis 1:51 voice
The angels, dominions and powers, although they began to exist at some time, were already in existence when the [visible] world was created.
Ambrose of Milan· The Six Days of Creation, 397Patristic
- Exodus 10:21
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
Commentary on Exodus 10:211 voice
And the Lord said unto Moses,.... About the eleventh day of the month Abib: stretch out thine hand toward heaven; where the luminaries are, and from whence light comes: that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt; that is, what caused it, the gross vapours and thick fogs; for otherwise darkness itself, being a privation of light, cannot be felt: Onkelos paraphrases it,"after that the darkness of the night is removed;''so Jonathan; that it might appear to be different from that, and be much grosser.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 10:22
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
Commentary on Exodus 10:221 voice
In the ninth plague, darkness fell. Either it means the blindness of their minds or that they should realize that the workings of the divine economy and of providence are most obscure. For God made darkness his hiding place. But they desired boldly and rashly …
Isidore of Seville· QUESTIONS ON THE OLD TESTAMENT, EX 14:15, 636Patristic
- Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Commentary on Exodus 19:161 voice
The third day, however, is always applied to mysteries. For when the people had departed from Egypt, they offer sacrifice to God on the third day and are purified on the third day. And the third day is the day of the Lord's resurrection. Many other mysteries also are anticipated in this day.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 8:4, 253Patristic
- Exodus 20:21
And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
Commentary on Exodus 20:211 voice
And the people stood afar off,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 22:10–12
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
- 1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Commentary on 1 Kings 8:121 voice
And then spake Solomon,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 6:11 voice
The Lord hath said that he would dwell - Solomon, seeing the cloud descend and fill the house, immediately took for granted that the Lord had accepted the place, and was now present. What occurred now was precisely the same with what took place when Moses reared the tabernacle in the wilderness; see Exo 40:34, Exo 40:35: A cloud covered the tent - and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent - because the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Job 38:9
when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Commentary on Job 38:91 voice
When I was making a cloud the garment thereof, and was covering it with darkness as with swaddling clothes. ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION The raging sea is covered with a 'cloud,' because the cruelty of persecutors is covered with the veil of their own folly. For it is unable to behold the clear light of truth, from the interposed darkness of their unbelief; and through the desert of its own blindness, it knows not what it is doing by the impulse of cruelty.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVIII, 604Patristic
- Psalms 18:11
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
Commentary on Psalms 18:111 voice
There is no doubt but that the clouds and darkness round about him were the body that the Lord Savior deigned to assume.… He appeared just as he willed to appear and not in accordance with his divine nature. "He made darkness the cloak about him." If God is light, how is light able to dwell in darkness? In that passage, darkness represents our imperfect knowledge and our infirmity, for we cannot gaze on his majesty.
Jerome· HOMILY ON PSALM 96[97], 420Patristic
- Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
Commentary on Psalms 97:21 voice
"Cloud and darkness are round about him." No one doubts that this is of the Lord Savior, round about whom was cloud and darkness — the flesh which he deigned to assume; although he is said to have appeared, in the Gospel of John. "And he appeared to us." He appeared indeed to the apostles, but from the Jews he was concealed.
Jerome· Homily 73, on Psalm 96 (Alternate Series), 420Patristic
- Psalms 105:28
He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Commentary on Proverbs 20:201 voice
Whoso curseth his father or his mother,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Isaiah 8:22
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
Commentary on Isaiah 8:221 voice
296. And look upwards. Here he sets out the sadness of despair, and first, the expectation of help: look upwards, seeking help from heaven. And they shall look to the earth, to help from earth; above: they shall look towards the land, and behold darkness …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Isaiah, 1274Patristic
- Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
Commentary on Isaiah 9:21 voice
Therefore, he had the pledge of immortality: but being placed in the shadow of life, he could not see and grasp the hidden life with Christ in God by some common touch and sight. And if not yet a sinner, certainly not of an incorruptible and inviolable nature; for he who has fallen into sin is not yet a sinner. Indeed, he was in the shadow of life; but those who are sinners are in the shadow of death.
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise 5.29, 397Patristic
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