Job 28:3

“Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light],
And to the farthest bounds he searches out
The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s] wisdom all [human activity] that has been done under heaven. It is a miserable business and a burdensome task which God has given the sons of men with which to be busy and distressed.

Job 10:21-22

Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],

Job 12:22

“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness
And brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.

Job 38:16-17

“Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea
Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?

Proverbs 2:4

If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver
And search for her as you would hidden treasures;

Habakkuk 2:13

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],
And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?

Matthew 6:33

But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.

Luke 16:8

And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Job 28:3

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Searcheth

Luke 16:8

The stones

Job 10:21

Job 12:22

Job 38:16

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