Habakkuk 1:4

Good News Translation

The law is weak and useless, and justice is never done. Evil people get the better of the righteous, and so justice is perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

The two scoundrels publicly accused him of cursing God and the king, and so he was taken outside the city and stoned to death.

Job 21:7

Why does God let evil people live, let them grow old and prosper?

Psalm 11:3

There is nothing a good person can do when everything falls apart.”

Psalm 119:126

Lord, it is time for you to act, because people are disobeying your law.

Psalm 22:12

Many enemies surround me like bulls; they are all around me, like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.

Psalm 22:16

An evil gang is around me; like a pack of dogs they close in on me; they tear at my hands and feet.

Psalm 59:2

Save me from those evil people; rescue me from those murderers!

Psalm 59:4

nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord, that they hurry to their places.

Psalm 94:3

How much longer will the wicked be glad? How much longer, Lord?

Exodus 23:2

Do not follow the majority when they do wrong or when they give testimony that perverts justice.

Exodus 23:6

“Do not deny justice to a poor person when he appears in court.

Isaiah 5:20

You are doomed! You call evil good and call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter.

Isaiah 59:12

“Lord, our crimes against you are many. Our sins accuse us. We are well aware of them all.

Jeremiah 12:1

“Lord, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Yet I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed?

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you; they join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.”

Jeremiah 26:8

and as soon as I had finished all that the Lord had commanded me to speak, they grabbed me and shouted, “You ought to be killed for this!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you.

Ezekiel 9:9

God answered, “The people of Israel and Judah are guilty of terrible sins. They have committed murder all over the land and have filled Jerusalem with crime. They say that I, the Lord, have abandoned their country and that I don't see them.

Hosea 10:4

They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

Amos 5:12

I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.

Amos 5:7

You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!

Mark 7:9

And Jesus continued, “You have a clever way of rejecting God's law in order to uphold your own teaching.

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

Acts 7:59

They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

Romans 3:31

Does this mean that by this faith we do away with the Law? No, not at all; instead, we uphold the Law.

Deuteronomy 16:19

They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.