Habakkuk 1:3

Modern King James Version

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He who is higher than the highest watches; and there are some higher than they.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, stubborn-hearted who are far from righteousness;

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant; and He looked for justice, but behold bloody iniquity; for righteousness, but behold a cry!

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not loaned, nor have men loaned to me; yet every one curses me.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out, I cry violence and ruin; for the Word of Jehovah has been a reproach and a cause of mocking to me all day.

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, and of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words, nor frightened by their faces, though they are a rebellious house.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.

2 Peter 2:8

For that righteous one living among them, in seeing and hearing, his righteous soul was tormented from day to day with their unlawful deeds.