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 caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.
Ezekiel 12:5
While they are watching, dig a hole in the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
Matthew 24:43
But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

They know

Job 24:13
There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.
Job 38:12
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
John 3:20
For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
Ephesians 5:11
Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

General references

Psalm 104:22
When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.
John 1:5
And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

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