Job 24:13

Some of these wicked people rebel against the light; 1 they know not its ways, 1 nor do they stay in its paths. 1

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They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

In Context

12From out of the city the dying groan, 1 and the throat of the wounded cries out for help. 1 But God does not ascribe blame 1

14Before daylight the murderer rises 1 and he kills poor and needy people; 1 in the night he is like a thief. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:20So she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.

Job 24:16In the darkness wicked people dig into houses; 1 but they shut themselves up in the daytime; 1 they do not care for the light. 1

Job 38:15From wicked people their 'light' is taken away; 1 their uplifted arm is broken. 1

Luke 12:47That servant, having known his lord's will, and not having prepared or done according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.

John 8:31Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples;

John 9:39Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world so that those who do not see may see and so that those who see may become blind.”

Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13

Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →

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