Habakkuk 1:13
Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euill: thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherefore doest thou looke vpon the transgressors, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?
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In Context
14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:15Thou shalt not deliuer the seruant vnto his master, which is escaped from his master vnto thee.
1 Kings 2:32And the Lord shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, and my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.
Job 15:15Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Psalms 5:4For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.
Psalms 10:15Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.
Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are vpon the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their crie.
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 →