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 is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guiltiness on his account.
Ezekiel 12:5
Dig a hole through the wall of your house, as they watch, and leave through it.
Matthew 24:43
Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized.

They know

Job 24:13
There are those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
Job 38:12
Have you ever commanded the morning, or shown the dawn its place?
John 3:20
Every one who does evil hates the light. He does not come to the light because his works would be reproved.
Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.

General references

Psalm 104:22
They withdraw at sunrise and lie down in their dens.
John 1:5
His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.