Job 34:22

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There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

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  • Amos 9:2-3 : 2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there. 3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.
  • Ps 139:11-12 : 11 If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,” 12 even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.
  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
  • Rev 6:15-16 : 15 Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They said to the mountains and to the rocks,“Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Luke 13:27 : 27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
  • Job 24:17 : 17 For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?
  • Ps 5:5 : 5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 (9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 “Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the LORD asks.“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the LORD asks.

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  • Job 10:21-22
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    21before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Job 24:13-17
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    13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

    14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

    15And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking,‘No eye can see me,’ and covers his face with a mask.

    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

    12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

  • 22He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

  • 3Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

  • 21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • Job 3:4-6
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    4That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

    5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

    6That night– let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

  • 19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • 23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

  • 11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • 20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

    27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

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

  • 19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • 13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • 2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

  • 3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • 20Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

  • Job 18:5-6
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    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

    14Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

  • 15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

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

  • 21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

  • 18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

  • 17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

  • 8He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.

  • 20For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

  • 9Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

  • 14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

  • 21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

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    4Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

  • 29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • 13You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

  • 3Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

  • 12Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

  • 9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

  • 16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

  • 32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • 2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.