Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
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14You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
1 Kings 2:32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
Job 15:15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
Psalms 5:4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to 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 →