Isaiah 48:22

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There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”
  • Job 15:20-24 : 20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant. 21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him. 22 He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword; 23 he wanders about– food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand. 24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,
  • Luke 19:42 : 42 saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
  • Rom 3:17 : 17 and the way of peace they have not known.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 57:20-21
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    20But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

    21There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”

  • Isa 59:8
    76%

    8They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

  • Ezek 7:25
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    25Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

  • Rom 3:16-17
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    16ruin and misery are in their paths,

    17and the way of peace they have not known.”

  • Jer 8:11
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    11They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say,“Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right!

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Jer 6:14
    73%

    14They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say,‘Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right!

  • Jer 25:37
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    37Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • Prov 12:20-21
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    72%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Jer 23:17
    72%

    17They continually say to those who reject what the LORD has said,‘Things will go well for you!’ They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts,‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’

  • Ezek 13:16
    71%

    16those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the Sovereign LORD.’

  • Ps 35:20
    71%

    20For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.

  • 2 Chr 15:5
    71%

    5In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.

  • Job 3:17
    71%

    17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • Jer 8:15
    70%

    15We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

  • Jer 12:12
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    12A destructive army will come marching over the hilltops in the wilderness. For the LORD will use them as his destructive weapon against everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Isa 48:18
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    18If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

  • Jer 30:5
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    5Yes, here is what he says:“You hear cries of panic and of terror; there is no peace in sight.

  • Jer 14:13
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    13Then I said,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, look! The prophets are telling them that you said,‘You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.’”

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Ps 37:38
    69%

    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Ps 125:5
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    5As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

  • Ps 37:10
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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Ps 55:11
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    11Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

  • Mic 3:5
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    5This is what the LORD has said about the prophets who mislead my people,“If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.

  • Deut 23:6
    69%

    6You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.

  • Ps 120:7
    69%

    7I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Nah 1:15
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    15Proclamation of the Deliverance of Judah(2:1) Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance:“Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed.”

  • Isa 62:7
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    7Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

  • Ps 34:14
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    14Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Ps 11:6
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    6May he rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    68%

    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • 2 Kgs 22:16
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    16“This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, all the things in the scroll which the king of Judah has read.

  • Lev 26:6
    68%

    6I will grant peace in the land so that you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you. I will remove harmful animals from the land, and no sword of war will pass through your land.

  • Ps 5:4
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    4Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

  • Job 8:22
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    22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”