Job 30:26
New King James Version
26 (A)But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
Jeremiah 8:15
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15 “We (A)looked for peace, but no good came;
And for a time of health, and there was trouble!
Jeremiah 14:19
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The People Plead for Mercy
19 (A)Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that (B)there is no healing for us?
(C)We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
Job 3:25-26
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25 For the thing I greatly (A)feared has come upon me,
And what I dreaded has happened to me.
26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.”
Micah 1:12
New King James Version
12 For the inhabitant of [a]Maroth [b]pined for good,
But (A)disaster came down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:12 Lit. Bitterness
- Micah 1:12 Lit. was sick
Isaiah 50:10
New King James Version
10 “Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who (A)walks in darkness
And has no light?
(B)Let him trust in the name of the Lord
And rely upon his God.
Psalm 97:11
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11 (A)Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.
Jeremiah 15:18
New King James Version
18 Why is my (A)pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me (B)like an unreliable stream,
As waters that [a]fail?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:18 Or cannot be trusted
Job 29:18
New King James Version
18 “Then I said, (A)‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
Job 23:17
New King James Version
17 Because I was not (A)cut off [a]from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.
Footnotes
- Job 23:17 Or by or before
Job 19:8
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Job 19:8 walled off my way
Job 18:18
New King James Version
18 [a]He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
Footnotes
- Job 18:18 Or They drive him
Job 18:6
New King James Version
6 The light is dark in his tent,
(A)And his lamp beside him is put out.
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