Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto those that seek to hide deeply their counsel from the Lord, so that their works may be in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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2 Samuel 11:27And when the [time of] mourning was past, David sent and took her to his house, and she became his wife; and she bore him a son. But the thing which David had done was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord.
Job 22:13But thou sayest, “What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness?
Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evil-doers can hide themselves.
Psalms 59:7(59:8) Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, [say they,] doth hear?
Psalms 73:11And they say, How should God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 139:1“To the chief musician, by David, a psalm.” O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest [me].
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:10-17
Threatenings against Judah. ( b. c. 725.) 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is… Read the whole commentary →