Habakkuk 1:4

American Standard Version 2015

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.\par

Cross References

Psalm 119:126

It is time for Jehovah to work;\par\tab {\i For} they have made void thy law.

Job 21:7

Wherefore do the wicked live,\par\tab Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

Ezekiel 9:9

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting {\i of judgment}: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.

Amos 5:12

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate {\i from their right}.

Hosea 10:4

They speak {\i vain} words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

Romans 3:31

Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.\par

Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon {\i the Lord}, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

Mark 7:9

And he said unto them, {\cf6 Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may establish your tradition.

Psalm 94:3

Jehovah, how long shall the wicked,\par\tab How long shall the wicked triumph?

Psalm 59:4

They run and prepare themselves without {\i my} fault:\par\tab Awake thou to help me, and behold.

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,\par\tab 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 Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even thy brethren, 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 unto thee.\par

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have compassed me:\par\tab A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;\par\tab They pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 11:3

If the foundations be destroyed,\par\tab What can the righteous do?

1 Kings 21:13

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls have compassed me;\par\tab Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

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 knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.\par