Habakkuk 1:13

New Century Version

Your eyes are too good to look at evil; you cannot stand to see those who do wrong. So how can you put up with those evil people? How can you be quiet when the wicked swallow up people who are better than they are?

Cross References

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes, and he will not be silent. A fire burns in front of him, and a powerful storm surrounds him.

Psalm 10:15

Break the power of wicked people. Punish them for the evil they have done.

2 Samuel 4:11

So even more I must put you evil men to death because you have killed an innocent man on his own bed in his own house!”

Acts 2:23

Jesus was given to you, and with the help of those who don’t know the law, you put him to death by nailing him to a cross. But this was God’s plan which he had made long ago; he knew all this would happen.

Isaiah 64:12

When you see these things, will you hold yourself back from helping us, Lord? Will you be silent and punish us beyond what we can stand?

Isaiah 33:1

How terrible it will be for you who destroy others but have not been destroyed yet. How terrible it will be for you, traitor, whom no one has turned against yet. When you stop destroying, others will destroy you. When you stop turning against others, they will turn against you.

Isaiah 21:2

I have seen a terrible vision. I see traitors turning against you and people taking your wealth. Elam, attack the people! Media, surround the city and attack it! I will bring an end to the pain the city causes.

Psalm 83:1

God, do not keep quiet; God, do not be silent or still.

Psalm 73:3

because I was jealous of proud people. I saw wicked people doing well.

Psalm 50:21

I have kept quiet while you did these things, so you thought I was just like you. But I will scold you and accuse you to your face.

Psalm 35:22

Lord, you have been watching. Do not keep quiet. Lord, do not leave me alone.

Job 15:15

God places no trust in his holy ones, and even the heavens are not pure in his eyes.

Esther 4:14

If you keep quiet at this time, someone else will help and save the Jewish people, but you and your father’s family will all die. And who knows, you may have been chosen queen for just such a time as this.”

1 Kings 2:32

Without my father knowing it, he killed two men who were much better than he was—Abner son of Ner, the commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, the commander of Judah’s army. So the Lord will pay him back for those deaths.

Job 21:7

Why do evil people live a long time? They grow old and become more powerful.

Psalm 18:26

You are pure to those who are pure, but you are against those who are bad.

Psalm 25:3

No one who trusts you will be disgraced, but those who sin without excuse will be disgraced.

Psalm 35:17

Lord, how long will you watch this happen? Save my life from their attacks; save me from these people who are like lions.

Psalm 35:25

Don’t let them think, “Aha! We got what we wanted!” Don’t let them say, “We destroyed him.”

Isaiah 24:16

We hear songs from every part of the earth praising God, the Righteous One. But I said, “I am dying! I am dying! How terrible it will be for me! Traitors turn against people; with their dishonesty, they turn against people.”

Lamentations 3:36

the Lord sees if someone is cheated in his case in court.

Habakkuk 1:14

You treat people like fish in the sea, like sea animals without a leader.

Zechariah 8:17

Do not make plans to hurt your neighbors, and don’t love false promises. I hate all these things,” says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:15

If an escaped slave comes to you, do not hand over the slave to his master.

Job 24:23

God may let these evil people feel safe, but he is watching their ways.