Table of Contents
Darkness
1. Created by God. Ps 104:20; Isa 45:7.
2. Originally covered the earth. Ge 1:2.
3. Separated from the light. Ge 1:4.
4. Called night. Ge 1:5.
5. Caused by the setting of the sun. Ge 15:17; Joh 6:17.
6. Inexplicable nature of. Job 38:19,20.
7. Exhibits God’s power and greatness. Job 38:8,9.
8. Degrees of, mentioned
a. Great. Ge 15:12.
b. That may be felt. Ex 10:21.
d. Gross. Jer 13:16.
e. Outer or extreme. Mt 8:12.
9. Effects of
a. Keeps us from seeing objects. Ex 10:23.
b. Causes us to go astray. Joh 12:35; 1Jo 2:11.
c. Causes us to stumble. Isa 59:10.
10. Often put for night. Ps 91:6.
11. Called the swaddling band of the sea. Job 38:9.
12. Cannot hide us from God. Ps 139:11,12.
13. The wicked
a. The children of. 1Th 5:5.
b. Live in. Ps 107:10.
c. Walk in. Ps 82:5.
d. Perpetuate their designs in. Job 24:16.
e. Are full of. Mt 6:23.
14. Miraculous
a. On mount Sinai. Ex 19:16; Heb 12:18.
b. Over the land of Egypt. Ex 10:21,22.
c. At the death of Christ. Mt 27:45.
d. Before the destruction of Jerusalem. Mt 24:29.
15. Illustrative of
a. Greatness and unsearchableness of God. Ex 20:21; 2Sa 22:10,12; 1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2.
b. Abstruse and deep subjects. Job 28:3.
c. Secrecy. Isa 45:19; Mt 10:27.
d. Ignorance and error. Job 37:19; Isa 60:2; Joh 1:5; 3:19; 12:35; Ac 26:18.
e. Anything hateful. Job 3:4-9.
f. A course of sin. Pr 2:13; Eph 5:11.
g. Heavy afflictions. Job 23:17; Ps 112:4; Ec 5:17; Isa 5:30; 8:22; 59:9.
h. The power of Satan. Eph 6:12; Col 1:13.
i. The grave. 1Sa 2:9; Job 10:21,22.
j. The punishment of devils and wicked men. Mt 22:13; 2Pe 2:4,17; Jude 1:6,13.