Isaiah 59:8 KJV
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
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Thompson Chains
- Spir. IgnoranceLink 2 of 5 · next Jeremiah 5:4
- Injustice (2)See the chain from Deuteronomy 16:19 · 3 links
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- Evil WayLast of 6 links
- No PeaceLink 3 of 6 · next Ezekiel 7:4
- CrookednessLast of 4 links
Cross References
- Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Isaiah 48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
- Isaiah 57:20–21 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. …
- Psalms 58:1–2 <To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.> Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? …
- Psalms 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
- Proverbs 2:15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
- Proverbs 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
- Isaiah 59:14–15 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. …
- Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
- Hosea 4:1–2 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. …
- Amos 6:1–6 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! …
- Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Romans 3:17 And the way of peace have they not known:
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Topics
- Isaiah Foretells calamities to Judah
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Sin The Israelites
- Wicked (people) Described
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Strong’s Numbers
- The way דֶּרֶךְ derek
- of peace שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
- they know יָדַע yâdaʻ
- not; and there is no judgment מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
- in their goings מַעְגָּל maʻgâl
- they have made them crooked עָקַשׁ ʻâqash
- paths נָתִיב nâthîyb
- whosoever goeth דָּרַךְ dârak
- therein shall not know יָדַע yâdaʻ
- peace שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
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