Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.


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Isaiah 59 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
John 1 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Habakkuk 1 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Isaiah 16 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
1 Corinthians 4 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Isaiah 9 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Psalms 139 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Isaiah 59 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Proverbs 28 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
John 3 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Proverbs 4 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
John 3 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Luke 12 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Job 36 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Proverbs 22 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 27 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Jeremiah 5 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Proverbs 28 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Matthew 10 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Psalms 112 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Proverbs 13 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Zechariah 14 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
Psalms 89 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Luke 11 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
1 Corinthians 11 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
John 9 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Genesis 18 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Isaiah 58 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
John 12 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Psalms 9 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Deuteronomy 25 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Job 18 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 9 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Ecclesiastes 8 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Isaiah 60 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Job 24 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
1 John 2 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Proverbs 2 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 29 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
1 Thessalonians 5 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Isaiah 8 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Proverbs 10 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Matthew 7 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Jeremiah 16 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Job 22 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Proverbs 29 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
1 John 2 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Proverbs 12 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.