John 3:20

For every person who practices evil things hates the light [of truth] and does not come to it, for fear of having his deeds exposed [as sinful].

Matthew 6:19

"Do not store your valuables [here] on earth, where moths can eat them and where rust can corrode them, and where burglars can break in and steal [them].

Matthew 24:43

But you should know this: if the owner of a house had known when a thief was coming, he would have been watching so as not to allow his house to be broken into.

Ephesians 5:11-13

Do not have fellowship with [people who practice] worthless deeds of darkness [i.e., sinful living], but expose them instead.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

In the dark

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In the dark

Matthew 24:43
But you should know this: if the owner of a house had known when a thief was coming, he would have been watching so as not to allow his house to be broken into.

They know

John 3:20
For every person who practices evil things hates the light [of truth] and does not come to it, for fear of having his deeds exposed [as sinful].
Ephesians 5:11
Do not have fellowship with [people who practice] worthless deeds of darkness [i.e., sinful living], but expose them instead.

General references

John 1:5
And [His] light continued to shine, [even] in the darkness [of the world], and that darkness did not overcome Him [or, did not fully understand Him].