Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?


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Lamentations 3 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
John 1 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Job 36 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
John 12 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
Proverbs 2 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Acts 13 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Nehemiah 9 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Psalms 10 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Romans 2 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
Job 28 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Psalms 84 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 118 27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
1 Samuel 10 22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.
Job 19 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Job 3 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
John 12 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Daniel 2 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
John 1 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John 3 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Psalms 112 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Deuteronomy 27 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Corinthians 4 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
1 John 2 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Psalms 97 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 136 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
2 Corinthians 4 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
Proverbs 13 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 5 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Ecclesiastes 6 4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
John 1 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Psalms 1 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Deuteronomy 27 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 38 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Psalms 119 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
1 John 1 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
2 Samuel 22 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Proverbs 22 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Job 24 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Job 36 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Isaiah 42 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Jonah 1 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Luke 11 33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
John 11 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Job 41 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Proverbs 27 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 4 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 28 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Matthew 3 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Genesis 1 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1 John 2 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.