Job 24:16

They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.

John 3:20

Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

Exodus 22:2-3

"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,

Job 24:13

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

Job 38:12-13

"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

Ezekiel 12:5-7

While they continue to watch, dig a hole for yourself in the wall and enter through it.

Ezekiel 12:12

Then the prince, who will be one of them, will carry his luggage on his shoulder in the dark and will go out. They'll dig a hole in the wall for him to go through. His face will be covered so that he won't be able to see the land with his eyes.

Matthew 6:19

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 24:43

But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

Ephesians 5:11-13

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

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Summary

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

General references

Bible References

In the dark

Exodus 22:2
"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,
Ezekiel 12:5
While they continue to watch, dig a hole for yourself in the wall and enter through it.
Matthew 24:43
But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

They know

Job 24:13
"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.
Job 38:12
"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,
John 3:20
Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.
Ephesians 5:11
and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

General references

Psalm 104:22
When the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens.
John 1:5
And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

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