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 it were with a cart rope:

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with sheol are we at 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, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] O LORD, you have searched me, and known me.

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his idols? for they say, The LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the land.

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD sees not.

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

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

And their works

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

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

In the meantime, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so much that they tread one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Who seeth

For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?

And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

General references

For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold a door.

But this people who know not the law are cursed.