16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. …
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-17)These verses describe another sort of sinners who therefore go unpunished, because they go undiscovered. They rebel against the light , Job 24:13. Some understand it figuratively: they sin against the light of nature, the light of God’s law, and that of their own consciences; they profess to know God, but they rebel against the knowledge they have of him, and will not be guided and governed, comma…
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