Job 28:3
Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.
Job 10:21-22
before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,
Job 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.
Job 38:16-17
Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?
Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Habakkuk 2:13
Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.
Matthew 6:33
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.