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


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Genesis 1 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the 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.
Genesis 1 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 3 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 6 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis 15 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
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.
Exodus 10 10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
Leviticus 24 18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Leviticus 27 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
Deuteronomy 1 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Deuteronomy 9 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
Deuteronomy 30 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
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.
1 Samuel 15 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
1 Samuel 16 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
1 Samuel 20 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
1 Samuel 24 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Samuel 26 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
2 Samuel 22 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
2 Samuel 22 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Samuel 22 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
1 Kings 5 4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
1 Kings 21 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings 6 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
1 Chronicles 15 13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
2 Chronicles 12 14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
Job 1 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job 1 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
Job 2 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job 2 3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 2 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Job 3 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job 3 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 3 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job 3 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 6 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 10 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 10 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Job 10 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 11 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 15 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Job 18 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 19 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Job 22 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Job 24 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 24 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.