Job 24:16 Cross References - ISV

¹⁶ They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don’t know daylight.

² “If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case, ³ but if the sun has risen on him, then it is a capital crime in that case. A thief shall certainly make restitution, but if he has nothing, he is to be sold for his theft.

¹³ “Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don’t stay on its course.

¹² “Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives, ¹³ where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

⁵ While they continue to watch, dig a hole for yourself in the wall and enter through it.
⁶ “While they’re watching, carry your luggage on your shoulder and go out in total darkness. Cover your face so that you won’t see the land, because I’m using you as a sign to Israel’s house.”
⁷ I did just as I was commanded. I brought out the luggage as if it were luggage for exile. I did this during the day. Then in the evening I dug a hole in the wall with my hand and brought the luggage out in total darkness and carried it out on my shoulder while they were watching.

¹² Then the prince, who will be one of them, will carry his luggage on his shoulder in the dark and will go out. They’ll dig a hole in the wall for him to go through. His face will be covered so that he won’t be able to see the land with his eyes.

¹⁹ Teaching about Treasures
“Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

⁴³ But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

²⁰ Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

¹¹ and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are. ¹² For it is shameful even to mention what is done by these disobedient people in secret. ¹³ But everything that is exposed to the light becomes visible,