Job 24:16
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Cross-reference
Job 24:13 introduces the theme of rebelling against light, directly setting up the night-time thieves in verse 16.
Exodus 22:2 gives the law on killing a thief caught breaking in at night — matching the night burglary described in Job 24:16.
Matthew 24:43 uses the same metaphor of a thief breaking in at night to teach vigilance, echoing the nocturnal theft described here.
John 3:20 states that evildoers hate the light to avoid exposure, exactly the behavior of the thieves in verse 16.
Exodus 22:3 provides the legal backdrop: thieves caught at night are treated differently than in daylight, echoing the night-time activity described here.
Ephesians 5:11-13 calls for exposing works of darkness, contrasting with the thieves' secret night-time deeds here.
Ezekiel 12:5-7 uses the same image of digging through a house at night as a prophetic sign of exile, paralleling the thieves' nocturnal activity here.
Ezekiel 12:12 continues the prophetic imagery of digging through a wall at night, now applied to the prince's escape.