Habakkuk 1:3

Tree of Life Version

Why do You show me wickedness, and why must I behold mischief? Yes, devastation and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention arises.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter. Power is in the hand of their oppressors, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Though the profit of the land is taken by all, a king is served by the fields.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Adonai-Tzva’ot is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah the planting of His delight. He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed, for righteousness, but behold, a cry!

Jeremiah 15:10

Oy to me, my mother, that you gave birth to me— a man of strife and conflict to all the land! I did not lend or borrow, yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I ever come forth out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and my days end in shame?

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out, I proclaim, “Violence and ruin!” For the word of Adonai is scorn and ridicule to me all day long.

Ezekiel 2:6

“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them. Do not fear their words, though thistles and thorns are beside you and you sit among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be dismayed by their looks—for they are a rebellious house.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

2 Peter 2:8

(For that righteous man, while living among them, was tormented in his righteous soul day after day by lawless deeds he saw and heard.)