Job 24:16

He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light

John 3:20

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

Exodus 22:2-3

" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.

Job 24:13

"Those are among [the ones] rebelling [against the] light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths.

Job 38:12-13

"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,

Ezekiel 12:5-7

Before their eyes dig through for yourself, through the wall, and you must bring [the baggage] out through it.

Ezekiel 12:12

And the prince who [is] in the midst of them, on [his] shoulder he will carry [the baggage] in the dusk, and he will go out; {the wall will be dug through} to bring him through it; and he will cover his face so that he will not see the land with his eye.

Matthew 6:19

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

Matthew 24:43

But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

Ephesians 5:11-13

And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even expose [them].

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.

General references

Bible References

In the dark

Exodus 22:2
" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.
Ezekiel 12:5
Before their eyes dig through for yourself, through the wall, and you must bring [the baggage] out through it.
Matthew 24:43
But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

They know

Job 24:13
"Those are among [the ones] rebelling [against the] light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths.
Job 38:12
"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,
John 3:20
For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.
Ephesians 5:11
And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even expose [them].

General references

Psalm 104:22
[When] the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens.
John 1:5
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.