Bible Cross References
Maroth
Ruth 1:20
But she said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
waited carefully
1 Samuel 4:13
Now when he came, there was Eli, sitting on a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told [it,] all the city cried out.
Job 30:26
But when I looked for good, evil came [to me;] And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
Isaiah 59:9-11
9
Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, [but] we walk in blackness!
10
We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if [we had] no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; [We are] as dead [men] in desolate places.
11
We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but [there is] none; For salvation, [but] it is far from us.
Jeremiah 8:15
"[We] looked for peace, but no good [came;] And for a time of health, and there was trouble!
Jeremiah 14:19
Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that [there is] no healing for us? We looked for peace, but [there was] no good; And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
but
Micah 1:9
For her wounds [are] incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people -- To Jerusalem.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these [things.']
Amos 3:6
If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done [it?]