Isaiah 59:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.”
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“The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 59:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Proverbs 2:13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
- Proverbs 2:15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
- Proverbs 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
- Proverbs 21:8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- Proverbs 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
- Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
- Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
- Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- Isaiah 59:14So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
- Isaiah 65:2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
- Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
- Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
- Luke 1:79to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
- Romans 3:17and the way of peace they have not known.”
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