I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. Cross References Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. 2 Kings 19:25 Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. Psalm 104:20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl. Psalm 105:28 He sent darkness, and it became dark--yet they defied His words. Isaiah 31:2 Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers. Isaiah 42:16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them. Isaiah 47:11 But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly. Jeremiah 10:16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance--the LORD of Hosts is His name. Lamentations 3:38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? Daniel 2:22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him. Amos 3:6 If a ram's horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? Treasury of Scripture I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. form Genesis 1:3-5,17,18 Psalm 8:3 Psalm 104:20-23 create darkness Exodus 10:21-23 Exodus 14:20 Jeremiah 13:16 I make Peace Isaiah 10:5,6 Job 2:10 Job 34:29 |