Habakkuk 1:13
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
14And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee.
1 Kings 2:32And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, because he murdered two men, just and better than himself: and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing it, Abner the son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, general of the army of Juda.
Job 15:15Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
Psalms 5:4For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
Psalms 34:15Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.
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 →