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It is used to describe the deepest form of darkness, often symbolizing the absence of light, hope, or righteousness. In the Bible, darkness frequently represents evil, sin, and judgment, contrasting with light, which symbolizes God, purity, and salvation.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a> :</b> "They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever." This verse uses the imagery of "blackest darkness" to describe the eternal judgment awaiting false teachers and those who lead others astray. The "blackest darkness" signifies the complete separation from God's presence and the ultimate consequence of living in rebellion against Him.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17</a> :</b> "These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them." Similar to Jude, this passage speaks of false prophets and teachers who promise much but deliver nothing of spiritual value. The "blackest darkness" here underscores the severity of their fate, emphasizing the hopelessness and despair of being cut off from divine truth and light.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Themes:</b><br><br>· <b>Judgment and Condemnation:</b> The use of "blackest darkness" in the New Testament is closely tied to the theme of divine judgment. It serves as a stark warning to those who reject God's truth and choose to live in sin. The imagery conveys the seriousness of turning away from God's light and the inevitable consequences of such choices.<br><br>· <b>Contrast with Light:</b> Throughout Scripture, darkness and light are often juxtaposed to illustrate the battle between good and evil. In <a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a> , it is written, "The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." This highlights the triumph of Christ, the Light of the world, over the forces of darkness. The "blackest darkness" thus represents the ultimate defeat and exclusion from the light of Christ.<br><br>· <b>Moral and Spiritual Darkness:</b> Beyond physical darkness, "blackest" can also refer to a state of moral and spiritual depravity. In <a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8</a> , believers are reminded, "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light." This transformation from darkness to light signifies the redemptive power of Christ and the call to live in accordance with His righteousness.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br><br>The concept of "blackest darkness" serves as a powerful reminder of the reality of spiritual warfare and the consequences of sin. It underscores the importance of remaining steadfast in faith and truth, avoiding the pitfalls of false teachings and moral compromise. The imagery calls believers to vigilance, encouraging them to walk in the light of Christ and to be bearers of His truth in a world often shrouded in spiritual darkness.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_st_john_chaps_xv_to_xxi/an_eloquent_catalogue.htm"><span class="l">An Eloquent Catalogue</span></a> <br><b>...</b> for an hour untrue to his warmest love, and the other, from giving way to his<br> constitutional tendency to despondency, and to taking the <b>blackest</b> possible view <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/an eloquent catalogue.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_38_1892/a_challenge_and_a_shield.htm"><span class="l">A Challenge and a Shield</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Tell him that you are a sinner, and that if he should paint your sin in its <b>blackest</b><br> colours, you would not even then despair, for it would still be true that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/a challenge and a shield.htm</font><p><a href="/library/barrow/sermons_on_evil-speaking_by_isaac_barrow/the_folly_of_slander_part_2.htm"><span class="l">The Folly of Slander. Part 2.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's<br> son." It is, indeed, plainly the <b>blackest</b> and most hellish sin that can be <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../barrow/sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/the folly of slander part 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brittain/women_of_early_christianity/xi_the_empress_theodora.htm"><span class="l">The Empress Theodora</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and universal credence. For the first time the character of the illustrious<br> empress was presented in the <b>blackest</b> colors. The world <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brittain/women of early christianity/xi the empress theodora.htm</font><p><a href="/library/prudentius/the_hymns_of_prudentius/ii_morning_hymn.htm"><span class="l">Morning Hymn</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Since Thou canst change, O holy Light, The <b>blackest</b> hue to milky white, Ebon to<br> clearness crystalline, Wash my foul stains and make me clean. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/ii morning hymn.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/a_commentary_on_acts_of_the_apostles/acts_x.htm"><span class="l">Acts X</span></a> <br><b>...</b> This offense takes the hue of the <b>blackest</b> ingratitude, when we remember the blood<br> which has been shed to touch our hearts, and to open up to us the way of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts x.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_6_1860/the_inexhaustible_barrel.htm"><span class="l">The Inexhaustible Barrel</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Stay yourself upon his promise, rest ye in his faithfulness, and bid defiance to<br> the <b>blackest</b> future, for there is nothing in it direful for you. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/the inexhaustible barrel.htm</font><p><a href="/library/shaw/touching_incidents_and_remarkable_answers_to_prayer/carletta_and_the_merchant.htm"><span class="l">Carletta and the Merchant</span></a> <br><b>...</b> was of olive darkness, but a flush rested there, and out of the thinnest face, under<br> the arch of broad temples, deepened by masses of the <b>blackest</b> hair looked <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../carletta and the merchant.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/the_sin_of_unbelief.htm"><span class="l">The Sin of Unbelief</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Piety was altogether extinct in the court. The king was a sinner of the <b>blackest</b><br> dye, his iniquity was glaring and infamous. Jehoram <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the sin of unbelief.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_st_john_chaps_xv_to_xxi/thomas_and_jesus.htm"><span class="l">Thomas and Jesus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> One is his exclamation, in which a constitutional tendency to accept the <b>blackest</b><br> possibilities as certainties, blends very strangely and beautifully with an <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/thomas and jesus.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/blackest.htm"><span class="l"><b>Blackest</b> (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Blackest</b> (5 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (See NIV). Proverbs 20:20 If anyone puts a curse on his<br> father or his mother, his light will be put out in the <b>blackest</b> night. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blackest.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/veiled.htm"><span class="l">Veiled (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 60:2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in <b>blackest</b><br> night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/veiled.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/obscurity.htm"><span class="l">Obscurity (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Compare Proverbs 20:20, the King James Version "in obscure darkness," the English<br> Revised Version "in the <b>blackest</b> darkness," the American Standard Revised <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/obscurity.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blackish.htm"><span class="l">Blackish (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blackish.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blacker.htm"><span class="l">Blacker (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blacker.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/compare.htm"><span class="l">Compare (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing -<br> er and -est to the positive form; as, black, blacker, <b>blackest</b>; those of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/compare.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/snuffed.htm"><span class="l">Snuffed (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB NIV). Proverbs 20:20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother,<br> his light will be put out in the <b>blackest</b> night. (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/snuffed.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/appears.htm"><span class="l">Appears (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 60:2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in <b>blackest</b><br> night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/appears.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pitch.htm"><span class="l">Pitch (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV). Proverbs 20:20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother,<br> his light will be put out in the <b>blackest</b> night. (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pitch.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/utter.htm"><span class="l">Utter (111 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS). Proverbs 20:20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his<br> mother, his light will be put out in the <b>blackest</b> night. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/utter.htm - 35k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/pastors-who-do-not-believe.html">Why are there some pastors who do not believe? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/outer-darkness.html">What is the outer darkness in Matthew 22:13? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-darkness.html">What is spiritual darkness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Blackest (5 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17</a></span><br />These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a></span><br />wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/28-3.htm">Job 28:3</a></span><br />Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/20-20.htm">Proverbs 20:20</a></span><br />If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the <span class="boldtext">blackest</span> night. <br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/60-2.htm">Isaiah 60:2</a></span><br />For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in <span class="boldtext">blackest</span> night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/blackest.htm">Blackest</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rust.htm">Rust (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/earth.htm">Earth (10501 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dye.htm">Dye (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dyeing.htm">Dyeing</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/porpoise.htm">Porpoise (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/blacksmith.htm">Blacksmith (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/black-mulberry-tree.htm">Black-mulberry-tree (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/blackest.htm">Blackest (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spikenard.htm">Spikenard (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/colors.htm">Colors (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/color.htm">Color (18 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/b/blacker.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Blacker"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Blacker" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/b/blackest_darkness.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Blackest Darkness"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Blackest Darkness" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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