Jeremiah 8:15

New King James Version

“We looked for peace, but no good came; And for a time of health, and there was trouble!

Cross References

Job 30:26

But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.

Jeremiah 12:12

The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the Lord shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but there was no good; And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, Saying, ‘You shall have peace,’ Whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”

Jeremiah 6:25

Do not go out into the field, Nor walk by the way. Because of the sword of the enemy, Fear is on every side.

Jeremiah 8:11

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace.

Ezekiel 7:25

Destruction comes; They will seek peace, but there shall be none.

Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good, But disaster came down from the Lord To the gate of Jerusalem.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.