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 be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed 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 goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

They know

Job 24:13
They are of those 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; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh 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 ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
John 1:5
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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