Habakkuk 1:4

Habakkuk's Complaint

³ Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, - and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold? ⁴ For which cause, benumbed is the law, and there is never any going forth of justice, - for, the lawless, doth circumvent the righteous, for which cause, justice doth go forth perverted? ⁵ Behold ye, among the nations, and look around, Yea stand stock still - stare, - for, a work, is being wrought in your days, ye will not believe, when it is recounted.

Righteous Man

No

Psalm 119:126

It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!

Ezekiel 9:9

And he said unto me the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is exceeding, great, and the land is filled with shed blood, and the city is full of over-reaching, - for they have said. Yahweh hath forsaken the land, - and Yahweh doth not see.

Job 21:7

Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?

Psalm 58:1-2

Are ye, indeed, silent when righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?

Isaiah 1:21-23

How hath she become unchaste! - The city that was Faithful, - Full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, But, now, murderers!

Isaiah 5:20

Alas! for them Who call evil good and good evil, - Who put darkness for light and light for darkness, Who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee, - Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee, - Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? Wherefore have all, utter traitors, been at ease?

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness, - neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead,

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces, - nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

1 Kings 21:13

Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Psalm 11:3

When the pillars are overthrown, What could, a righteous man, do?

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have surrounded me, - An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,

Psalm 59:2

Rescue me, from the workers of iniquity, And, from the men of bloodshed, save me.

Psalm 59:4

For no iniquity, do they run that they may take their stand, Rouse thyself to meet me, and see.

Psalm 82:1-5

God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

Psalm 94:3

How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?

Psalm 94:20-21

Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?

Isaiah 59:2-8

But, your iniquities, have become separators betwixt you and your God, And your sins, have caused a biding of face from you that he should-not hear.

Isaiah 59:13-15

Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God, - Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering from the heart, words of falsehood.

Jeremiah 5:27-29

As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain, - For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:

Jeremiah 12:6

For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they! have betrayed thee, Even they, have cried after thee with full voice, - Do not trust in them, though they speak unto thee fair words.

Jeremiah 26:8

And it came to pass when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets, and all the people laid hold of him, saying - Thou shalt, surely die!

Jeremiah 26:21-23

And when King Jehoiakim, and all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, then the king sought to put him to death, - but Urijah heard, and feared and fled and entered Egypt.

Jeremiah 37:14-16

Then said Jeremiah, False! I am not falling away unto the Chaldeans! Howbeit he hearkened not unto him, - so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him in unto the princes.

Jeremiah 38:4-6

Then said the princes unto the king, - Let this man we pray thee, be put to death, for in this way, is he weakening the hands of the men of war who are left in this, city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them such words as these; for, this man, is not seeking prosperity for this people but misfortune.

Ezekiel 22:25-30

Because her princes in her midst are like a roaring lion rending prey, - Life, have they devoured Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst.

Hosea 10:4

They have spoken words, swearing falsely, in solemnizing a covenant, - therefore shall judgment, spring up like a poisonous plant, on the ridges of the field.

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn, into, wormwood, justice, and, righteousness - to the ground have let fall.

Amos 5:12

For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins, - ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!

Micah 2:1-2

Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds, - in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 3:1-3

Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - Is it not yours to know justice?

Micah 7:2-4

Perished is the man of lovingkindness out of the earth, and, upright among men, is there none, - they all, for bloodshed, lie in wait. Every man - for his brother, do they hunt as for one devoted to destruction.

Matthew 23:34-36

For this cause, lo! I, send unto you, prophets and wise men and scribes, - some from among them, ye will slay and crucify, And some from among them ye will - scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city:

Matthew 26:59-66

Now, the High-priests and all the High-council, were seeking false-witness against Jesus, that they might, put him to death;

Matthew 27:1-2

Now, when morning came, all the High-priests and Elders of the people took, counsel, against Jesus, so as to put him to death:

Matthew 27:25-26

And all the people, answering, said - His blood be upon us and upon our children!

Mark 7:9

And he was saying to them - Well, do ye set aside the commandment of God, that, your own tradition, ye may observe;

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets, did not your fathers persecute? Yea they slew them who declared beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One - of whom, now, ye, have become, betrayers and murderers!

Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, as he was invoking and saying - Lord Jesus! give welcome unto my spirit.

Acts 23:12-14

And, when it became day, the Jews, forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain Paul.

Romans 3:31

Do we then make, law, void through means of our faith? Far be it! On the contrary, law, we do establish!

James 2:6-7

Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?