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


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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.
Proverbs 13 21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Isaiah 5 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
John 1 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 3 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Genesis 1 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Matthew 6 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Ezekiel 7 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
Proverbs 12 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Jeremiah 8 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Proverbs 11 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Proverbs 21 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Proverbs 11 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Romans 7 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Jeremiah 45 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Lamentations 3 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Proverbs 14 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Job 24 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Deuteronomy 30 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
Luke 11 34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Proverbs 4 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Joshua 23 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Psalms 112 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Romans 14 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
Matthew 12 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Isaiah 45 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Genesis 50 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Luke 11 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
James 3 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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.
Jeremiah 18 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Psalms 104 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Psalms 116 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 2 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Jeremiah 13 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Psalms 34 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Proverbs 16 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Isaiah 47 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 12 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Psalms 37 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Daniel 9 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Isaiah 26 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 10 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
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.
Genesis 1 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Psalms 143 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Proverbs 28 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
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.
Proverbs 13 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.