Habakkuk 1:4

God's Word

That is why your teaching is numbed, and justice is never carried out. Wicked people surround righteous people so that when justice is carried out, it’s perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

The two good-for-nothing men came in and sat opposite him. In front of the people, these men accused Naboth of cursing God and the king. So the people stoned him to death outside the city.

Job 21:7

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, and even become more powerful?

Psalm 11:3

When the foundations ⌞of life⌟ are undermined, what can a righteous person do?”

Psalm 119:126

It is time for you to act, O Lord. Even though people have abolished your teachings,

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.

Psalm 22:16

Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

Psalm 59:2

Rescue me from troublemakers. Save me from bloodthirsty people.

Psalm 59:4

or any sin, or any guilt on my part. They hurry to take positions against me. Wake up, and help me; see ⌞for yourself⌟.

Psalm 94:3

How long, O Lord, will wicked people triumph? How long?

Exodus 23:2

Never follow a crowd in doing wrong. When you testify in court, don’t side with the majority to pervert justice.

Exodus 23:6

“Never deny justice to poor people in court.

Isaiah 5:20

How horrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn what is bitter into something sweet and what is sweet into something bitter.

Isaiah 59:12

You are aware of our many rebellious acts. Our sins testify against us. Our rebellious acts are with us. We know our wrongdoings.

Jeremiah 12:1

O Lord, even if I would argue my case with you, you would always be right. Yet, I want to talk to you about your justice. Why do wicked people succeed? Why do treacherous people have peace and quiet?

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your relatives and members of your father’s household betray you. They have also formed a mob to find you. Don’t trust them when they say good things about you.

Jeremiah 26:8

But as soon as Jeremiah finished saying everything that the Lord had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets, and all the people grabbed him and said, “You must die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even storks know when it’s time to return. Mourning doves, swallows, and cranes know when it’s time to migrate. But my people don’t know that I, the Lord, am urging them to return.

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me, “The wickedness of the nations of Israel and Judah is terrible. The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with wrongdoing. They think that the Lord has abandoned the land and that he doesn’t see.

Hosea 10:4

They say many things. They lie when they take oaths, and they make promises they don’t intend to keep. That’s why lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Amos 5:12

I know that your crimes are numerous and your sins are many. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes. You deny the needy access to the courts.

Amos 5:7

You, Israel, turn justice into poison and throw righteousness on the ground.

Mark 7:9

He added, “You have no trouble rejecting the commandments of God in order to keep your own traditions!

Acts 7:52

Was there ever a prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute? They killed those who predicted that a man with God’s approval would come. You have now become the people who betrayed and murdered that man.

Acts 7:59

While council members were executing Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, welcome my spirit.”

Romans 3:31

Are we abolishing the laws in the Scriptures by this faith? That’s unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting these laws.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Never pervert justice. Instead, be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.