Habakkuk 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

Of

1 Peter 1:15

Wherefore

Psalm 10:1

Psalm 73:3

Jeremiah 12:1

Deal

Isaiah 21:2

Isaiah 33:1

Holdest

The wicked

Acts 3:13

General references

Deuteronomy 25:1

Bible References

Of

Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

For thou are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

LORD is in his holy temple. LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.

The eyes of LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears are [open] to their {prayer (LXX/NT)}.

but according to the Holy Man, he who called you, ye yourselves also become holy in all conduct,

Wherefore

Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

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

Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously?

Deal

A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam. Besiege, O Media, all the sighing of it I have made to cease.

Woe to thee who destroys, and thou were not destroyed, and deal treacherously, and they did not deal treacherously with thee! When thou have ceased to destroy, thou shall be destroyed, and when thou have made an end of dealing trea

Holdest

For if thou altogether keep quiet at this time, then relief and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish. And who knows whether thou have not come to the kingdom for such a

Thou have seen it, O LORD. Keep not silence. O LORD, be not far from me.

Our God comes, and does not keep silence. A fire devours before him, and it is very tempestuous round about him.

O God, keep thou not silence. Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.

Will thou restrain thyself for these things, O LORD? Will thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very severely?

The wicked

Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up.

How much more, when evil men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

And LORD will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know it, [namely], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the a

The wicked man plots against the righteous man, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.

Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.

this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Boy Jesus, whom ye actually delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate who preferred to release that man.

General references

If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [they] judge them, then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the iniquitous.