Habakkuk 1:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me? and there is a judgment, but opposition is more powerful.

Cross References

Jeremiah 20:8

For I am speaking now this long time, crying out against iniquity and I often proclaim devistation: and the word of the Lord is made a reproach to me and a derision, all the day.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

2 Peter 2:8

For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works.

Matthew 10:16

Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Ezekiel 2:6

And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother! Why hast thou borne me, a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why came I out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant. And I looked that he should do judgment, and, behold, iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.

Isaiah 46:12

I have brought my justice near: it shall not be afar off, and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion and my glory in Israel.