Isaiah 59:8

New King James Version

The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

Cross References

Romans 3:17

And the way of peace they have not known.”

Luke 1:79

To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

Jeremiah 5:1

“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

Isaiah 48:22

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

Proverbs 28:18

Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved, But he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

Proverbs 2:15

Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;

Psalm 125:5

As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord shall lead them away With the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness!

Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us.

Proverbs 2:13

From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 21:8

The way of a guilty man is perverse; But as for the pure, his work is right.

Isaiah 65:2

I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts;