Habakkuk 1:4

A Conservative Version

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.

Cross References

Psalm 119:126

It is time for LORD to work. They have made void thy law.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?

Jeremiah 12:1

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?

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness. For they say, LORD has forsaken the land, and LORD does not see.

Amos 5:12

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

Hosea 10:4

They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those 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!

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:6

Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.

Exodus 23:2

Thou shall not follow a multitude to do evil, neither shall thou speak in a case to turn aside after a multitude to distort [justice],

Romans 3:31

Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.

Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, who was calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous man, of whom ye now have become betrayers and murderers,

Mark 7:9

And he said to them, Well do ye reject the commandment of God, so that ye may keep your tradition.

Psalm 94:3

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

Psalm 59:4

They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault. Awake thou to help me, and behold.

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from the bloodthirsty men.

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

Jeremiah 26:8

And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shall surely die.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even thy brothers, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced (LXX/DSS) my hands and my feet.

Psalm 11:3

If the foundations be destroyed, what can a righteous man do?

1 Kings 21:13

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth o

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls have encompassed me. Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me around.

Isaiah 59:12

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

Jeremiah 8:7

Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the law of LORD.