Habakkuk 1:4

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

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

Job 21:7

*Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

Psalm 11:3

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Psalm 119:126

It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.

Psalm 22:12

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

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

Psalm 59:4

I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!

Psalm 94:3

LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:6

*You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 59:12

For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are you, LORD, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.

Jeremiah 26:8

It happened, when Yirmeyahu had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the Kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.

Jeremiah 8:7

Yes, the khasidah in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know the LORD's law.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Yisra'el and Yehudah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wrestling [of judgment]: for they say, the LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD doesn't see.

Hosea 10:4

They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

Mark 7:9

He said to them, *Full well do you reject the mitzvah of God, that you may keep your tradition.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

Acts 7:59

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, *Lord Yeshua, receive my Spirit!*

Romans 3:31

Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.