·         Created by God
Psalms 104:20; Isaiah 45:7

• Originally covered the earth
  Genesis 1:2
• Separated from the light
  Genesis 1:4
• Called night
  Genesis 1:5
• Caused by the setting of the sun
  Genesis 15:17; John 6:17
• Inexplicable nature of
  Job 38:19,20
• Exhibits God’s power and greatness
  Job 38:8,9
• DEGREES OF, MENTIONED
  • Great
    Genesis 15:12
  • That may be felt
    Exodus 10:21
  • Thick
    Deuteronomy 5:22; Joel 2:2
  • Gross
    Jeremiah 13:16
  • Outer or extreme
    Matthew 8:12
• EFFECTS OF
  • Keeps us from seeing objects
    Exodus 10:23
  • Causes us to go astray
    John 12:35; 1 John 2:11
  • Causes us to stumble
    Isaiah 59:10
• Often put for night
  Psalms 91:6
• Called the swaddling band of the sea
  Job 38:9
• Cannot hide us from God
  Psalms 139:11,12
• THE WICKED
  • The children of
    1 Thessalonians 5:5
  • Live in
    Psalms 107:10
  • Walk in
    Psalms 82:5
  • Perpetuate their designs in
    Job 24:16
  • Are full of
    Matthew 6:23
• MIRACULOUS
  • On mount Sinai
    Exodus 19:16; Hebrews 12:18
  • Over the land of Egypt
    Exodus 10:21,22
  • At the death of Christ
    Matthew 27:45
  • Before the destruction of Jerusalem
    Matthew 24:29
• ILLUSTRATIVE OF
  • Greatness and unsearchableness of God
    Exodus 20:21; 2 Samuel 22:10,12; 1 Kings 8:12; Psalms 97:2
  • Abstruse and deep subjects
    Job 28:3
  • Secrecy
    Isaiah 45:19; Matthew 10:27
  • Ignorance and error
    Job 37:19; Isaiah 60:2; John 1:5; 3:19; 12:35; Acts 26:18
  • Anything hateful
    Job 3:4-9
  • A course of sin
    Proverbs 2:13; Ephesians 5:11
  • Heavy afflictions
    Job 23:17; Psalms 112:4; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Isaiah 5:30; 8:22; 59:9
  • The power of Satan
    Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 1:13
  • The grave
    1 Samuel 2:9; Job 10:21,22
  • The punishment of devils and wicked men
    Matthew 22:13; 2 Peter 2:4,17; Jude 1:6,13