Habakkuk 1:4

New Century Version

So the teachings are weak, and justice never comes. Evil people gain while good people lose; the judges no longer make fair decisions.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

Two troublemakers sat across from Naboth and said in front of everybody that they had heard him speak against God and the king. So the people carried Naboth out of the city and killed him with stones.

Job 21:7

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

Psalm 11:3

When the foundations for good collapse, what can good people do?”

Psalm 119:126

Lord, it is time for you to do something, because people have disobeyed your teachings.

Psalm 22:12

People have surrounded me like angry bulls. Like the strong bulls of Bashan, they are on every side.

Psalm 22:16

Evil people have surrounded me; like dogs they have trapped me. They have bitten my arms and legs.

Psalm 59:2

Save me from those who do evil and from murderers.

Psalm 59:4

I have done nothing wrong, but they are ready to attack me. Wake up to help me, and look.

Psalm 94:3

How long will the wicked be happy? How long, Lord?

Exodus 23:2

“You must not do wrong just because everyone else is doing it. If you are a witness in court, you must not ruin a fair trial. You must not tell lies just because everyone else is.

Exodus 23:6

“You must not be unfair to a poor person when he is in court.

Isaiah 5:20

How terrible it will be for people who call good things bad and bad things good, who think darkness is light and light is darkness, who think sour is sweet and sweet is sour.

Isaiah 59:12

We have done many wrong things against our God; our sins show we are wrong. We know we have turned against God; we know the evil things we have done:

Jeremiah 12:1

Lord, when I bring my case to you, you are always right. But I want to ask you about the justice you give. Why are evil people successful? Why do dishonest people have such easy lives?

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your own brothers and members of your own family are making plans against you. They are crying out against you. Don’t trust them, even when they say nice things to you!

Jeremiah 26:8

When Jeremiah finished speaking everything the Lord had commanded him to say, the priests, prophets, and all the people grabbed Jeremiah. They said, “You must die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the birds in the sky know the right times to do things. The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But my people don’t know what the Lord wants them to do.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is very great. The land is filled with people who murder, and the city is full of people who are not fair. The people say, ‘The Lord has left the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Hosea 10:4

They make many false promises and agreements which they don’t keep. So people sue each other in court; they are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

Amos 5:12

I know your many crimes, your terrible sins. You hurt people who do right, you take money to do wrong, and you keep the poor from getting justice in court.

Amos 5:7

You turn justice upside down, and you throw on the ground what is right.

Mark 7:9

Then Jesus said to them, “You cleverly ignore the commands of God so you can follow your own teachings.

Acts 7:52

Your ancestors tried to hurt every prophet who ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the One who is good would come, but your ancestors killed them. And now you have turned against and killed the One who is good.

Acts 7:59

While they were throwing stones, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Romans 3:31

So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not judge unfairly or take sides. Do not let people pay you to make wrong decisions, because that kind of payment makes wise people seem blind, and it changes the words of good people.