Habakkuk 1:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So the law is slacked and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous, so justice goes forth perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

And the two base fellows came in and sat opposite him; and the base fellows brought a charge against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

Psalm 11:3

if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do”?

Psalm 119:126

It is time for the Lord to act, for thy law has been broken.

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

Psalm 22:16

Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet—

Psalm 59:2

deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.

Psalm 59:4

for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Rouse thyself, come to my help, and see!

Psalm 94:3

O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit.

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 thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; believe them not, though they speak fair words to you.”

Jeremiah 26:8

And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the Lord.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Hosea 10:4

They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

Amos 5:7

O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Mark 7:9

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

Acts 7:59

And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.