Habakkuk 1:4

Modern King James Version

Therefore the law has become helpless, and justice does not always go forth. For the wicked entraps the righteous; therefore justice goes forth, being perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

And there came in two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him. And the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones so that he died.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power.

Psalm 11:3

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

Psalm 119:126

It is time for Jehovah to work; for they have broken Your Law.

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls have circled around Me; strong bulls Of Bashan have surrounded Me.

Psalm 22:16

and You have brought Me into the dust of death. For dogs have circled around Me; the band of spoilers have hemmed Me in, piercers of My hands and My feet.

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from the workers of evil and save me from bloody men.

Psalm 59:4

Without my fault they run and prepare themselves; awaken to help me, and look on me.

Psalm 94:3

How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult?

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil. Neither shall you speak in a cause in order to follow many in order to wrest judgment.

Exodus 23:6

You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his cause.

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, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you. Yea, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, though they speak good things to you.

Jeremiah 26:8

And it happened when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, You shall surely die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her seasons; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow watch the time of their coming; but my people do not know the judgment of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 9:9

And He said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is great, and the land is full of blood, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, Jehovah has forsaken the land; and, Jehovah does not see.

Hosea 10:4

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Amos 5:12

For I know your many transgressions and your many sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate.

Amos 5:7

You who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Mark 7:9

And He said to them, Do you do well to set aside the commandment of God, so that you may keep your own tradition?

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been the betrayers and murderers;

Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, who was calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Romans 3:31

Do we then make the Law void through faith? Let it not be! But we establish the Law.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not respect persons, nor take a gift. For a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.