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 the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
Ezekiel 12:5
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

They know

Job 24:13
These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began , And caused the dayspring to know its place;
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Ephesians 5:11
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

General references

Psalm 104:22
The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.
John 1:5
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

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