Habakkuk 1:13 · KJV
“{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? {iniquity: or, grievance}”
— Habakkuk 1:13
{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. {mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, {that have} no ruler over them? {creeping: or, moving}
Habakkuk 1 — Context
Then shall {his} mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, {imputing} this his power unto his god.
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. {mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}
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? {iniquity: or, grievance}
14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, {that have} no ruler over them? {creeping: or, moving}
15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. {drag: or, flue net}
Cross References
Psalms 5:4-5
For thou {art} not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms 34:15-16
The eyes of the LORD {are} upon the righteous, and his ears {are open} unto their cry.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of {thy} judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? {wherefore} are all they happy that deal very treacherously? {talk...: or, reason the case with thee}
Habakkuk 1:3-4
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause {me} to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence {are} before me: and there are {that} raise up strife and contention.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. {such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}
Psalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil {man}: seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none.
2 Samuel 4:11
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?