23  Verily, verily, I say unto you, ^adarkness covereth the earth, and gross darkness the minds of the people, and all flesh has become corrupt before my face.

  5  Therefore, what I say unto one I say unto all: Watch, for the adversary ^cspreadeth his dominions, and darkness reigneth;

  26  And he beheld Satan; and he had a great chain in his hand, and it veiled the whole face of the earth with ^bdarkness; and he looked up and laughed, and his angels rejoiced.