Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn?

Have you ordered the dawn to seize the earth and shake the wicked from their hiding places?

Then God commanded, "Let there be light"---and light appeared.

God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness,

Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;

So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars.

to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw.

Do not be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky---the sun, the moon, and the stars. The LORD your God has given these to all other peoples for them to worship.

I create both light and darkness; I bring both blessing and disaster. I, the LORD, do all these things.

This was the real light---the light that comes into the world and shines on all people.

Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. "I am the light of the world," he said. "Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness."

He covered himself with darkness; thick clouds, full of water, surrounded him.

You made the night, and in the darkness all the wild animals come out.

God sent darkness on the country, but the Egyptians did not obey his command.

Honor the LORD, your God, before he brings darkness, and you stumble on the mountains; before he turns into deep darkness the light you hoped for.

I will put out all the lights of heaven and plunge your world into darkness. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken.

God is the one who made the mountains and created the winds. He makes his thoughts known to people; he changes day into night. He walks on the heights of the earth. This is his name: the LORD God Almighty!

At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours.