Isaiah 59:8 Cross References
Isaiah 59:8
8: They do not know what true peace is or what it means to be just and good. They continually do wrong, and those who follow them cannot experience a moment's peace.
Isaiah 57:20
- "But those who still reject me are like the restless sea. It is never still but continually churns up mire and dirt.
- There is no peace for the wicked," says my God.
Luke 1:79
- to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace."
Isaiah 5:7
- This is the story of the LORD's people. They are the vineyard of the LORD Almighty. Israel and Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected them to yield a crop of justice, but instead he found bloodshed. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of oppression.
Romans 3:17
- They do not know what true peace is."
Psalms 58:1
- Justice--do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?
- No, all your dealings are crooked; you hand out violence instead of justice.
Amos 6:1
- How terrible it will be for you who lounge in luxury and think you are secure in Jerusalem and Samaria! You are famous and popular in Israel, you to whom the people go for help.
- Go over to Calneh and see what happened there. Then go to the great city of Hamath and on down to the Philistine city of Gath. You are no better than they were, and look at how they were destroyed.
- You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.
- How terrible it will be for you who sprawl on ivory beds surrounded with luxury, eating the meat of tender lambs and choice calves.
- You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and you fancy yourselves to be great musicians, as King David was.
Proverbs 2:15
- What they do is crooked, and their ways are wrong.
Isaiah 59:14
- Our courts oppose people who are righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth falls dead in the streets, and fairness has been outlawed.
- Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who tries to live a godly life is soon attacked. The LORD looked and was displeased to find that there was no justice.
Matthew 23:23
- "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income, but you ignore the important things of the law--justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but you should not leave undone the more important things.
Jeremiah 5:1
- "Run up and down every street in Jerusalem," says the LORD. "Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one person who is just and honest, I will not destroy the city.
Psalms 125:5
- But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD. Take them away with those who do evil. And let Israel have quietness and peace.
Hosea 4:1
- Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! The LORD has filed a lawsuit against you, saying: "There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.
- You curse and lie and kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one murder after another.
Isaiah 48:22
- "But there is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD.
Proverbs 3:17
- She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying.
Proverbs 28:18
- The honest will be rescued from harm, but those who are crooked will be destroyed.