Habakkuk 1:4

New International Version

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Psalm 11:3

When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

Psalm 119:126

It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken.

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Psalm 22:16

Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from evildoers and save me from those who are after my blood.

Psalm 59:4

I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!

Psalm 94:3

How long, Lord, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?

Exodus 23:2

“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

Exodus 23:6

“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

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 offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:

Jeremiah 12:1

You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Jeremiah 12:6

Your relatives, members of your own family— even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

Jeremiah 26:8

But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, “You must die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’

Hosea 10:4

They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Amos 5:7

There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

Mark 7:9

And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!

Acts 7:52

Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—

Acts 7:59

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Romans 3:31

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.