Lamentations 3:17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Cross-reference
In Lamentations 1:16, the same lamenter weeps because a comforter is far away—echoing the removal of peace and prosperity here.
In Job 7:7, Job laments his fleeting life and that he will never see good again — echoing the loss of peace and prosperity here.
Isaiah 54:10 promises God's covenant of peace will never be removed—directly opposite to the removal of peace lamented here.
Jeremiah 8:15 repeats the same cry: looking for peace but finding terror—directly parallel to the absence of peace here.
Jeremiah 14:19 echoes looking for peace but finding terror, and questions God's rejection—parallel lament.
Jeremiah 16:5 states God has taken away peace from the people—exactly what is lamented here.
In Psalm 77:3, the psalmist remembers God but is troubled and overwhelmed — a parallel experience of inner turmoil and lost peace.
In John 14:1, Jesus commands 'do not let your hearts be troubled' — directly contrasting the removal of peace lamented here.
In John 14:27, Jesus offers His peace — in contrast to the peace that has been removed from the lamenter here.
In Jeremiah 20:14-18, Jeremiah curses his birth and longs for death — a similarly intense expression of despair over lost peace.
Isaiah 59:11 laments hoping for salvation but it being far—parallel to the loss of peace and forgetting prosperity here.
Zechariah 8:10 describes a time of no safety or wage—parallel to the loss of peace here, though in a different historical context.