Isaiah 59:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
  • Isa 57:20-21 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
  • Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
  • 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 executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
  • Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, 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 trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or 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 chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  • Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Prov 2:15 : 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward 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 saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
  • Rom 3:17 : 17 And the way of peace have they not known:

Similar Verses (AI)

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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:

  • Isa 59:6-7
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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; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

  • Isa 59:9
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    9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  • Isa 48:22
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    22There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

  • Isa 59:4
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    4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

  • Job 24:13
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    13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

  • Prov 2:15
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    15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

  • Isa 57:21
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    21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

  • Jer 8:11
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    11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Isa 59:14-15
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    14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

    15Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

  • Ezek 7:25
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    25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

  • Ps 125:5
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    5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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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 make haste to shed blood.

  • Job 6:18
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    18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

  • Jer 6:14
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    14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Jer 9:3
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    3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

  • Amos 3:10
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    10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

  • Ps 119:3
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    3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

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

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 55:10-11
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    10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

    11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

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    9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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    12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Jer 9:6
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    6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

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    12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Job 30:13
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    13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

  • Ezek 33:17
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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.

  • Jer 23:12
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    12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways 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 the LORD.

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    8The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none 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 health, and behold trouble!

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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 the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.