Isaiah 59:8

New American Bible - revised edition

The way of peace they know not, and there is no justice on their paths; Their roads they have made crooked, no one who walks in them knows peace.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to crooked ways may the Lord send down with the evildoers. Peace upon Israel!

Proverbs 2:13

From those who have left the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

Proverbs 2:15

Whose ways are crooked, whose paths are devious;

Proverbs 21:8

One’s path may be winding and unfamiliar, but one’s conduct is blameless and right.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoever walks blamelessly is safe, but one whose ways are crooked falls into a pit.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace;

Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace for the wicked, says the Lord.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, the people of Judah, his cherished plant; He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!

Isaiah 59:11

Like bears we all growl, like doves we moan without ceasing. We cry out for justice, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:9

That is why judgment is far from us and justice does not reach us. We look for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, and we walk in gloom!

Isaiah 65:2

I have stretched out my hands all day to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, following their own designs;

Jeremiah 5:1

Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look about and observe, Search through her squares, to find even one Who acts justly and seeks honesty, and I will pardon her!

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. [But] these you should have done, without neglecting the others.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Romans 3:17

and the way of peace they know not.