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?

General references

Bible References

Seek

Isaiah 5:18
Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we have made a pact.
The overwhelming scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”
Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who execute a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Job 22:13
“You say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
Psalm 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
Psalm 64:5
They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”
Psalm 139:1
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide himself in hiding places
So I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”
Ezekiel 9:9
Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’
Zephaniah 1:12
“It will come about at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good or evil!’
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

And their works

Job 24:13
Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
Job 34:22
“There is no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Luke 12:1
Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
John 3:19
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Who seeth

Isaiah 47:10
“You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
I am, and there is no one besides me.’
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”
Psalm 73:11
They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
Psalm 94:7
They have said, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

General references

Jeremiah 16:17
For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.
Ezekiel 8:8
He said to me, “Son of man, now dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance.
John 7:49
But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”

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