Job 24:14

“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.

2 Samuel 11:14-17

In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

Psalm 10:8-10

He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].

Micah 2:1-2

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.

Luke 12:39

“But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time the thief was coming, he [would have been awake and alert, and] would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Ephesians 5:7-11

So do not participate or even associate with them [in the rebelliousness of sin].

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.

So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

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Summary

Job 24:14

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Murderer

General references

Psalm 104:22

John 1:5

Bible References