Job 24:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 3:20 : 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear; 12 For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words. 13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
  • Exod 22:2-3 : 2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood. 3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.
  • Job 24:13 : 13 Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.
  • Job 38:12-13 : 12 Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place; 13 So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?
  • Ezek 12:5-7 : 5 Make a hole in the wall, before their eyes, and go out through it. 6 And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel. 7 And I did as I was ordered: I took out my vessels by day, like those of one who is taken away, and in the evening I made a hole through the wall with a tent-pin; and in the dark I went out, taking my things on my back before their eyes.
  • Ezek 12:12 : 12 And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
  • Matt 24:43 : 43 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

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  • Job 17:12-13
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    12 They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

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    19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

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    16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

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    22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

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    9 They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.

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    23 He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

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    15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

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    14 In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

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    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

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    4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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    20 ...

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