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 breaking into a house and is smitten so he dies, he that killed him shall not be guilty of his blood.
Ezekiel 12:5
Dig through the wall in their sight, and leave thereby.
Matthew 24:43
But know this that if the husband of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch and would not suffer his house to be broken into.

They know

Job 24:13
They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.
Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days? Hast thou shown the dayspring its place,
John 3:20
For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

General references

Psalm 104:22
The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens.
John 1:5
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.