Isaiah 59:8

They don't know how to live in peace; they're not straight and fair with others. Their way is totally crooked, and anyone who follows them won't experience any peace.

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In The King James Version

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

In Context

7They run to do evil; they're quick to murder innocent people. Their minds are full of sinful thoughts; they only cause havoc and destruction.

9So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only find the dark; we look for bright light, but we walk in deep darkness.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:1You leaders, do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?

Proverbs 2:13who turn away from following what is right to walk down paths of darkness.

Proverbs 3:17She brings true happiness, and leads to peaceful prosperity.

Proverbs 28:18If you have integrity, you'll be kept safe, but if you live deviously, you'll fall.

Isaiah 48:22The wicked have no peace, says the Lord.

Isaiah 59:14Justice is rejected, and doing right never happens. Truth falls down in the street, and honesty is banned.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →

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