Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Cross-reference
Job 5:14 says the wicked grope in darkness at noon — identical imagery of groping without light, reinforcing the same idea.
Deuteronomy 28:29 curses Israel to grope at noon like a blind person — directly parallel to Job's description of groping in darkness.
Psalm 107:27 uses identical language: 'they reel and stagger like a drunkard'—a direct parallel of God's causing confusion.
Isaiah 19:14 says God mingles a spirit of confusion causing Egypt to stagger like a drunkard—same metaphor.
Isaiah 24:20 personifies the earth staggering like a drunkard—another use of the same imagery for divine judgment.
Isaiah 59:10 uses the same 'grope in darkness' imagery for spiritual blindness and confusion.
Acts 13:11 shows God striking Elymas with temporary blindness—a specific judgment like the general staggering described here.
Proverbs 4:19 says the wicked walk in deep darkness and stumble—similar theme of moral or divine confusion leading to stumbling.
1 John 2:11 describes walking in darkness and not knowing where one goes, echoing the groping and staggering here.