Habakkuk 1:13
Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
A Conservative Version
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In Context
14and makes men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15Thou shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to thee.
1 Kings 2:32And LORD will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know it, [namely], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the a
Job 15:15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
Psalms 5:4For thou are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
Psalms 10:15Break thou the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness shall be sought, and shall not be found.
Psalms 34:15The eyes of LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears are [open] to their prayer (LXX/NT).
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:13-17
The Prophet's Plea; The Prophet's Complaint. ( b. c. 600.) 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die . O Lord , thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? 14 And makest men as the fishes of the… Read the whole commentary →