Habakkuk 1:4

New American Bible - revised edition

This is why the law is numb and justice never comes, For the wicked surround the just; this is why justice comes forth perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

Two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and the scoundrels accused him in the presence of the people, “Naboth has cursed God and king.” And they led him out of the city and stoned him to death.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked keep on living, grow old, become mighty in power?

Psalm 11:3

If foundations are destroyed, what can the just one do?”

Psalm 119:126

It is time for the Lord to act; they have disobeyed your law.

Psalm 22:12

Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

Psalm 22:16

As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue cleaves to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 59:2

Rescue me from my enemies, my God; lift me out of reach of my foes.

Psalm 59:4

They have set an ambush for my life; the powerful conspire against me. For no offense or misdeed of mine, Lord,

Psalm 94:3

How long, Lord, shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked glory?

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When testifying in a lawsuit, you shall not follow the crowd in perverting justice.

Exodus 23:6

You shall not pervert justice for the needy among you in a lawsuit.

Isaiah 5:20

Ah! Those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness to light, and light into darkness, who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter!

Isaiah 59:12

For our transgressions before you are many, our sins bear witness against us. Our transgressions are present to us, and our crimes we acknowledge:

Jeremiah 12:1

You would be in the right, O Lord, if I should dispute with you; even so, I must lay out the case against you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, why do all the treacherous live in contentment?

Jeremiah 12:6

Your kindred and your father’s house, even they betray you; they have recruited a force against you. Do not believe them, even when they speak fair words to you.

Jeremiah 26:8

When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the Lord commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests, the prophets, and all the people laid hold of him, crying, “You must die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons; Turtledove, swift, and thrush observe the time of their return, But my people do not know the order of the Lord.

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me: The guilt of the house of Israel and the house of Judah is too great to measure; the land is filled with bloodshed, the city with lawlessness. They think that the Lord has abandoned the land, that he does not see them.

Hosea 10:4

They make promises, swear false oaths, and make covenants, While lawsuits sprout like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field!

Amos 5:12

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

Amos 5:7

Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground,

Mark 7:9

He went on to say, “How well you have set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your tradition!

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Acts 7:59

As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Romans 3:31

Are we then annulling the law by this faith? Of course not! On the contrary, we are supporting the law.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality; you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just.