Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Murderer

2 Samuel 11:14
In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
Psalm 10:8

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
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.
Ephesians 5:7
So do not participate or even associate with them [in the rebelliousness of sin].

General references

Psalm 104:22

When the sun arises, they withdraw
And lie down in their dens.
John 1:5
The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].