Job 24:16

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In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

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  • John 3:20 : 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.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. 13 But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.
  • Exod 22:2-3 : 2 “If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him. 3 If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.
  • Job 24:13 : 13 There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.
  • Job 38:12-13 : 12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, 13 that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
  • Ezek 12:5-7 : 5 While they are watching, dig a hole in the wall and carry your belongings out through it. 6 While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground because I have made you an object lesson to the house of Israel.” 7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage on my shoulder while they watched.
  • Ezek 12:12 : 12 “The prince who is among them will raise his belongings onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
  • Matt 24:43 : 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.

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    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

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    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

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