Habakkuk 1:13
You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
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14and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.
1 Kings 2:32The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
Job 15:15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
Psalms 5:4For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.
Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
Psalms 34:15The LORD’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen 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 →