Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Bible References

When i looked

Job 3:25
For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook , as waters that fail?
Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Light

Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
Isaiah 50:10
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.

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