Isaiah 59:10

We grope along a wall like the blind;
we grope like those without eyes.
We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;
we are like the dead among those who are healthy.

Deuteronomy 28:29

so that at noon you will grope as a blind man gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.

Job 5:14

They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.

Lamentations 3:6

He has made me dwell in darkness
like those who have been dead for ages.

Proverbs 4:19

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

Isaiah 8:15

Many will stumble over these;
they will fall and be broken;
they will be snared and captured.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God
before He brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the mountains at dusk.
You wait for light,
but He brings darkest gloom
and makes thick darkness.

Lamentations 4:14

נ NunBlind, they stumbled in the streets,
defiled by this blood,
so that no one dared
to touch their garments.

Amos 8:9

And in that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord God
I will make the sun go down at noon;
I will darken the land in the daytime.

John 11:9-10

“Aren’t there 12 hours in a day?” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

John 12:35

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.

John 12:40

He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.

1 John 2:11

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

In desolate

General references

Bible References

In desolate

Lamentations 3:6
He has made me dwell in darkness
like those who have been dead for ages.

General references

Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.
John 8:27
They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father.

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