Verse 26

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We hoped for peace, but no good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but there is only terror.
  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Does Your soul loathe Zion? Why have You struck us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace, but no good has come; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
  • Job 3:25-26 : 25 For the thing I dread comes upon me, and what I fear befalls me. 26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but turmoil comes.
  • Job 18:6 : 6 The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
  • Job 19:8 : 8 He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.
  • Job 23:17 : 17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness or by the deep gloom that covers my face.
  • Job 29:18 : 18 I said, 'I will die with my nest, and my days will be as numerous as the sand.'
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD and listens to the voice of his servant? Let the one who walks in darkness, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
  • Jer 15:18 : 18 Why has my pain become perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream, waters that are unreliable?
  • Mic 1:12 : 12 The inhabitants of Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.