Job 30:26

New Century Version

But when I hoped for good, only evil came to me; when I looked for light, darkness came.

Cross References

Job 18:18

They will be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

Job 18:6

The light in their tents will grow dark, and the lamps by their sides will go out.

Job 19:8

God has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has covered my paths with darkness.

Job 23:17

But I am not hidden by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Job 29:18

“I thought, ‘I will live for as many days as there are grains of sand, and I will die in my own house.

Psalm 97:11

Light shines on those who do right; joy belongs to those who are honest.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? That person may walk in the dark and have no light. Then let him trust in the Lord and yet depend on his God.

Isaiah 59:9

Fairness has gone far away; goodness is nowhere to be found. We wait for the light, but there is only darkness now. We hope for a bright light, but all we have is darkness.

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why have you hurt us so badly that we cannot be made well again? We hoped for peace, but nothing good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but only terror came.

Jeremiah 15:18

I don’t understand why my pain has no end. I don’t understand why my injury is not cured or healed. Will you be like a brook that goes dry? Will you be like a spring that stops flowing?

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped for a time when he would heal us, but only terror has come.

Lamentations 3:2

He led me into darkness, not light.

Micah 1:12

Those who live in Maroth will be anxious for good news to come, because trouble will come from the Lord, all the way to the gate of Jerusalem.