Job 24:16

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

If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

As they watch, dig through the wall and take the bags out through it.

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
or assigned the dawn its place,

For everyone who practices wicked things hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed.

Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

The sun rises; they go back
and lie down in their dens.

That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it.