Isaiah 29:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Seek

And their works

Who seeth

Malachi 2:17

General references

Jeremiah 16:17

Ezekiel 8:8

John 7:49

Bible References

Seek

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make leagues, but not by my Spirit, that they may heap sin upon sin;

And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.

And he said unto me, Hast thou seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.

And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness; for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the earth, and Jehovah seeth not.

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that I am he that searches the reins and the hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works.

And their works

There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.

So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.

But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

Who seeth

For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?

And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.

Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

General references

For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.

And he said unto me, Son of man, dig now through the wall; and I digged through the wall, and behold, a door.

But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed.