Habakkuk 1:13
Thou, who art too pure of eyes to behold evil, and canst not look on trouble, wherefore wilt thou look upon those that deal treacherously, be silent when the wicked swalloweth up him that is more righteous than he?
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Deuteronomy 23:15(23:16) Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant who may escape unto thee from his master;
1 Kings 2:32And may the Lord bring back his blood-guiltiness upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, while my father David knew it not, Abner the son of Ner, the captain of the army of Israel, and 'Amassa the son of Yether, the captain of the army of Judah.
Job 15:15Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
Psalms 5:4(5:5) For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: evil cannot abide with thee.
Psalms 10:15Break thou the arm of the wicked; and of the bad man—thou wilt inquire for his wickedness [till] thou find none.
Psalms 34:15(34:16) The eyes of the Lord are directed unto the righteous, and his ears unto their cry.
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 →