Habakkuk 1:13

Habakkuk's Second Complaint

¹² Are You not from everlasting,
O Lord, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O Lord, have appointed them to judge;
And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
¹³ Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?
¹⁴ Why have You made men like the fish of the sea,
Like creeping things without a ruler over them?

Deal Treacherously

Keep Silent

Deal Treacherously

Sin

Psalm 34:15-16

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.

Psalm 35:22

You have seen it, O Lord, do not keep silent;
O Lord, do not be far from me.

Psalm 50:21

“These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Jeremiah 12:1-2

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

Acts 3:13-15

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand and destroy you from the earth?”

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

Esther 4:14

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”

Job 15:15

“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

Psalm 5:4-5

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil dwells with You.

Psalm 10:1-2

Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

Psalm 10:15

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

Psalm 11:4-7

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Psalm 37:12-15

The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

Psalm 37:32-33

The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

Psalm 50:3

May our God come and not keep silence;
Fire devours before Him,
And it is very tempestuous around Him.

Psalm 56:1-2

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;
Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 83:1

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not remain quiet;
Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all the unfortunate.

Isaiah 21:2

A harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.

Isaiah 33:1

Woe to you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.

Isaiah 64:12

Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Lord?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Habakkuk 1:3-4

Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.

Acts 2:23

this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

1 Peter 1:15-16

but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;