Quotes about Contrast
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
— Job 21:13
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
— Job 24:16
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
— Job 30:26
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
— Psalm 37:16
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
— Proverbs 26:1
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
— Ecclesiastes 2:13
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
— Ecclesiastes 7:4
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
— Song of Solomon 1:5
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
— Song of Solomon 2:2
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
— Isaiah 5:17
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
— Isaiah 10:9
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
— Isaiah 53:2