Habakkuk 1:4

Tree of Life Version

Therefore, Torah has no effect, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked encircle the righteous Therefore justice comes out perverted.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him, and the worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death.

Job 21:7

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

Psalm 11:3

If our foundations are destroyed, what should the righteous do?”

Psalm 119:126

It is time for Adonai to act— they have violated Your Torah!

Psalm 22:12

Be not far from me! For trouble is near— there is no one to help.

Psalm 22:16

My strength is dried up like a clay pot, my tongue clings to my jaws. You lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Set me on high, away from those who rise up against me.

Psalm 59:4

For behold, they lie in wait for me. Defiant men stir up strife against me— not for my transgression or sin, Adonai.

Psalm 94:3

How long will the wicked, Adonai, how long will the wicked gloat?

Exodus 23:2

“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.

Exodus 23:6

“You are not to pervert justice to your poor in his dispute.

Isaiah 5:20

Oy to those who call evil good and good evil, who present darkness as light and light as darkness, who present bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter!

Isaiah 59:12

For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us, for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers —your father’s house— even they will betray you, even they will shout out after you. Have no confidence in them, even if they say nice words to you.”

Jeremiah 26:8

Now when Jeremiah finished speaking all that Adonai had commanded him to speak to all the people, the kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying: “You will surely die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed times, and the turtledove, swallow and crane observe the time of their migration, but My people do not know the judgments of Adonai.

Ezekiel 9:9

He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of corruption. For they say, ‘Adonai has forsaken the land, Adonai does not see!’

Hosea 10:4

They spoke words— empty oaths to make a covenant. But judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Amos 5:12

For I know your crimes are many and your sins countless— afflicting the righteous, taking bribes, and turning the needy aside at the gate.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood threw righteousness to the ground.

Mark 7:9

He was also telling them, “You set aside the commands of God, in order that you may validate your own tradition.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed the ones who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. Now you have become His betrayers and murderers—

Acts 7:59

They went on stoning Stephen as he was calling out, “Lord Yeshua, receive my spirit!”

Romans 3:31

Do we then nullify the Torah through faithfulness? May it never be! On the contrary, we uphold the Torah.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.