Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
World Messianic Bible
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 spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.
Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Romans 1:17For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
Galatians 3:11Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”
Hebrews 10:38But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks 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 →