And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him {were} dark waters {and} thick clouds of the skies.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these {things}.

And {his} brightness was as the light; he had horns {coming} out of his hand: and there {was} the hiding of his power. {horns...: or, bright beams out of his side}

And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

For the day {is} near, even the day of the LORD {is} near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light {are} both alike {to thee}. {hideth...: Heb. darkeneth not} {the darkness and...: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light}

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what {is} his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, {is} his name. {wind: or, spirit}