Isaiah 29:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Woe to those who hide deep from the Lord their counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:27

And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

2 Kings 17:9

And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;

Job 34:22

There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.

Psalm 59:7

There they are, bellowing with their mouths, and snarling with their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

Psalm 73:11

And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

Psalm 83:3

They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones.

Isaiah 28:15

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

Isaiah 30:1

“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;

Isaiah 47:10

You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”

Isaiah 57:12

I will tell of your righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Ezekiel 8:12

Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, every man in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

Ezekiel 8:8

Then said he to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall”; and when I dug in the wall, lo, there was a door.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Hosea 5:2

And they have made deep the pit of Shittim; but I will chastise all of them.

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are thickening upon their lees, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Every one who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

John 3:19

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Revelation 2:23

and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.