Job 38:15

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Cross-reference

Job 5:14 Parallel

In Job 5:14, Eliphaz describes the wicked groping in darkness — same image of God withholding light from the wicked.

Job 18:5 Parallel

In Job 18:5, Bildad says the light of the wicked is put out — directly parallel to the withheld light here.

Job 18:18 Parallel

In Job 18:18, the wicked are driven from light into darkness — same fate as the uplifted arm being broken.

Exodus 10:21–23 Historical context

In Exodus 10:21-23, God sends darkness over Egypt — a historical instance of withholding light from the wicked.

2 Kings 6:18 Historical context

In 2 Kings 6:18, Elisha strikes the Aramean army with blindness — God withholds light from enemies.

Psalm 10:15 Allusion

Psalm 10:15 directly echoes the same plea: 'Break the arm of the wicked'—a near-identical image of divine judgment.

Psalm 37:17 Parallel

Psalm 37:17 repeats the promise that 'the arms of the wicked shall be broken'—the same metaphor for God's justice.

In Proverbs 4:19, the way of the wicked is darkness — they stumble, echoing the withheld light here.

Isaiah 8:22 Parallel

In Isaiah 8:22, trouble and darkness come upon the wicked — directly parallels the withholding of light.

In Jeremiah 13:16, God turns light into gross darkness as judgment — same theme of withholding light from the wicked.

Ezekiel 30:22 describes God breaking Pharaoh's arms—a specific historical judgment mirroring the general principle in Job 38:15.

Acts 13:11 Parallel

In Acts 13:11, God strikes Elymas blind—a parallel judgment where the wicked's 'light is withheld' as in Job 38:15.