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 saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.

For You are not a God that enjoys wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with You.

Jehovah is in His holy temple; Jehovah's throne is in Heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids examine the children of men.

The eyes of Jehovah are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

but according to the Holy One who has called you, you also become holy in all conduct,

Wherefore

Why do You stand afar off, O Jehovah? Will You hide in times of trouble?

For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.

Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?

Deal

A harsh vision is revealed to me; the deceiver deceives, and the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media! I have caused all her sighing to cease.

Woe to the destroyer, and you who have not been destroyed; and betrayer, and they have not betrayed you. When you stop destroying, you shall be destroyed. When you stop betraying, they shall betray you.

Holdest

For if you are completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise to the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house shall be destroyed. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for a time like this?

You have seen, O Jehovah; do not keep silence; O Jehovah, do not be far from me.

Our God comes, and He is not silent; a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very stormy all around Him.

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. Keep not silence, O God; do not be speechless, and be not still, O God.

Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the sons of those passing away.

Will You restrain Yourself over these things, O Jehovah? Will You be silent and sorely afflict us?

The wicked

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

Indeed when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

And Jehovah shall return his blood on his own head, who fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David not knowing of it, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

To the Chief Musician. Concerning the silent dove, those far off. Of David, a secret treasure, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting daily, he presses me down.

this One given to you by the before-determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken and by lawless hands, crucifying Him, you put Him to death;

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His son Jesus, whom you delivered up, denying Him in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to let Him go.

General references

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and they have been judged, and the righteous one is declared righteous, and the wrongdoer declared guilty,