Habakkuk 1:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But you can't stand sin or wrong. So don't sit by in silence while they gobble up people who are better than they are.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:11

You evil men have done something much worse than he did. You've killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed. I'll make you pay for that. I'll wipe you from the face of the earth!

Esther 4:14

If you don't speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”

Job 15:15

and neither are angels— not in the sight of God. If God doesn't trust his angels,

Job 21:7

Why do evil people live so long and gain such power?

Job 24:23

God may let them feel secure, but they are never out of his sight.

Psalm 10:15

Now break the arms of all merciless people. Punish them for doing wrong and make them stop.

Psalm 18:26

With all who are sincere, you are sincere, but you treat the unfaithful as their deeds deserve.

Psalm 25:3

Don't disappoint any of your worshippers, but disappoint all deceitful liars.

Psalm 35:17

But all you do is watch! When will you do something? Save me from the attack of those vicious lions.

Psalm 35:22

You see everything, LORD! Please don't keep silent or stay so far away.

Psalm 35:25

or say to each other, “Now we've got what we want! We'll gobble him up!”

Psalm 50:21

When you did all this, I didn't say a word, and you thought, “God is just like us!” But now I will accuse you.

Psalm 50:3

Our God approaches, but not silently; a flaming fire comes first, and a storm surrounds him.

Psalm 73:3

because it made me jealous to see proud and evil people and to watch them prosper.

Psalm 83:1

Our God, don't just sit there, silently doing nothing!

Isaiah 21:2

What a horrible vision was shown to me— a vision of betrayal and destruction. Tell Elam and Media to surround and attack the Babylonians. The LORD has sworn to end the suffering they caused.

Isaiah 24:16

From all over the world songs of praise are heard for the God of justice. But I feel awful, terribly miserable. Can anyone be trusted? So many are treacherous!

Isaiah 33:1

You defeated my people. Now you're in for trouble! You've never been destroyed, but you will be destroyed; you've never been betrayed, but you will be betrayed. When you have finished destroying and betraying, you will be destroyed and betrayed in return.

Isaiah 64:12

When you see these things, how can you just sit there and make us suffer more?

Lamentations 3:36

and he knows when you refuse to give someone a fair trial.

Habakkuk 1:14

The people you put on this earth are like fish or reptiles without a leader.

Zechariah 8:17

Don't ever plan evil things against others or tell lies under oath. I, the LORD, hate such things.

Acts 2:23

God had already planned and decided that Jesus would be handed over to you. So you took him and had evil men put him to death on a cross.

Deuteronomy 23:15

When runaway slaves from other countries come to Israel and ask for protection, you must not hand them back to their owners.