Isaiah 45:7

New Century Version

I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:25

“ ‘King of Assyria, surely you have heard. Long ago I, the Lord, planned these things. Long ago I designed them, and now I have made them happen. I allowed you to turn those strong, walled cities into piles of rocks.

Job 10:13

“But in your heart you hid other plans. I know this was in your mind.

Job 2:10

Job answered, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Should we take only good things from God and not trouble?” In spite of all this Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 34:29

But if God keeps quiet, who can blame him? If he hides his face, who can see him? God still rules over both nations and persons alike.

Psalm 105:28

The Lord sent darkness and made the land dark, but the Egyptians turned against what he said.

Psalm 29:11

The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.

Psalm 74:16

Both the day and the night are yours; you made the sun and the moon.

Psalm 75:7

God is the judge; he judges one person as guilty and another as innocent.

Psalm 8:3

I look at your heavens, which you made with your fingers. I see the moon and stars, which you created.

Exodus 14:20

So the cloud came between the Egyptians and the Israelites. This made it dark for the Egyptians but gave light to the Israelites. So the cloud kept the two armies apart all night.

Isaiah 31:2

But he is wise and can bring them disaster. He does not change his warnings. He will rise up and fight against the evil people and against those who try to help evil people.

Isaiah 42:16

Then I will lead the blind along a way they never knew; I will guide them along paths they have not known. I will make the darkness become light for them, and the rough ground smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not leave my people.

Isaiah 44:24

This is what the Lord says, who saved you, who formed you in your mother’s body: “I, the Lord, made everything, stretching out the skies by myself and spreading out the earth all alone.

Isaiah 47:11

But troubles will come to you, and you will not know how to stop them. Disaster will fall on you, and you will not be able to keep it away. You will be destroyed quickly; you will not even see it coming.

Jeremiah 10:16

But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols. He made everything, and he chose Israel to be his special people. The Lord All-Powerful is his name.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness and before you slip and fall on the dark hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it into thick darkness; he will change it into deep gloom.

Jeremiah 31:35

The Lord makes the sun shine in the day and the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves crash on the shore. The Lord All-Powerful is his name. This is what the Lord says:

Jeremiah 51:20

“You are my war club, my battle weapon. I use you to smash nations. I use you to destroy kingdoms.

Lamentations 3:38

Both bad and good things come by the command of the Most High God.

Ezekiel 32:8

I will make all the shining lights in the sky become dark over you; I will bring darkness over your land, says the Lord God.

Daniel 2:22

He makes known secrets that are deep and hidden; he knows what is hidden in darkness, and light is all around him.

Joel 2:2

It will be a dark, gloomy day, cloudy and black. Like the light at sunrise, a great and powerful army will spread over the mountains. There has never been anything like it before, and there will never be anything like it again.

Amos 3:6

When a trumpet blows a warning in a city, the people tremble. When trouble comes to a city, the Lord has caused it.

Amos 4:13

He is the one who makes the mountains and creates the wind and makes his thoughts known to people. He changes the dawn into darkness and walks over the mountains of the earth. His name is the Lord God All-Powerful.

Amos 5:6

Come to the Lord and live, or he will move like fire against the descendants of Joseph. The fire will burn Bethel, and there will be no one to put it out.

Nahum 1:8

But like a rushing flood, he will completely destroy Nineveh; he will chase his enemies until he kills them.

Acts 4:28

These people made your plan happen because of your power and your will.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “Let the light shine out of the darkness!” This is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts by letting us know the glory of God that is in the face of Christ.

James 1:17

Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon, and stars, who does not change like their shifting shadows.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, tossing up their own shameful actions like foam. They are like stars that wander in the sky. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them forever.

Jude 1:6

And remember the angels who did not keep their place of power but left their proper home. The Lord has kept these angels in darkness, bound with everlasting chains, to be judged on the great day.