Isaiah 59:8

American Standard Version (1901)

The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
  • Isa 57:20-21 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
  • Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
  • Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
  • Amos 6:1-6 : 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border? 3 --ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  • Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam]. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
  • Prov 2:15 : 15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
  • Prov 3:17 : 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
  • Rom 3:17 : 17 And the way of peace have they not known:

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    15Their feet are swift to shed blood;

    16Destruction and misery are in their ways;

    17And the way of peace have they not known:

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    6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

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    9Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

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    22There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.

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    4None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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    5They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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    13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

  • Prov 2:15
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    15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

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    21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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    11And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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    14And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

    15Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

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    25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

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    5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

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    18The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

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    14They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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    4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

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    13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

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    3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

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    10For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

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    3Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

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    20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

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    12They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one:

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    6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

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    5Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

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    12But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

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    16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

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    14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

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    8The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

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    4Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

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    17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

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    12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

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    8The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: [the enemy] hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.

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    22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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    15We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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    27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

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    12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

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    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.