Habakkuk 1:13
Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
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14He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:
1 Kings 2:32And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
Job 15:15Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
Psalms 5:4\5:3\My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.
Psalms 10:15Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.
Psalms 34:15\34:14\Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
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 →