Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, a presumptuous one! His soul is not upright within him, || And the righteous lives by his faith.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
In Context
Cross References
Daniel 4:30the king has answered and said, “Is this not that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of my honor?”
Daniel 5:20and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he has been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,
Luke 18:14I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”
Romans 1:17For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it has been written: “And the righteous one will live by faith,”
Galatians 3:11and [it] is evident that in law no one is declared righteous with God, because “The righteous will live by faith”;
Hebrews 10:38but, “The righteous will live by faith; and if he may draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:2-5
Waiting upon God; The People Directed. ( b. c. 600.) 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is… Read the whole commentary →