Habakkuk 2:4 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴ Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Look at the proud; his soul is not straight or right within him, but the [rigidly] just and the [uncompromisingly] righteous man shall live by his faith and in his faithfulness. [Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Common English Bible

⁴ Some people’s desires are truly audacious; they don’t do the right thing. But the righteous person will live honestly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.

Habakkuk 2:4 Cross References

Psalm 49:18

Though, while he lives, he counts himself happy, and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself,

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, and lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.

Ezekiel 18:9

walks in my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances —he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord God.

Daniel 11:12

And when the multitude is taken, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

John 3:36

He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.

Romans 1:17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “He who through faith is righteous shall live.”

Galatians 2:16

yet who know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

Hebrews 10:38

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”