Habakkuk 1:4
Habakkuk · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”Habakkuk 1:4
What Does Habakkuk 1:4 Mean?
Habakkuk 1:4 is found in the book of Habakkuk, chapter 1, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Justice.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Habakkuk 1:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 119:126“It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.”Jeremiah 12:1“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?”Deuteronomy 16:19“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.”Job 21:7“Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?”Psalms 94:20“Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?”Isaiah 1:21“How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.”Isaiah 59:14“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”Ezekiel 9:9“Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.”Isaiah 5:20“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”Isaiah 59:13“In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”2 Peter 3:16“As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”Exodus 23:2“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:”Exodus 23:6“Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”Psalms 58:1“Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?”Ezekiel 22:25“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.”Hosea 10:4“They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.”Amos 5:12“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”Deuteronomy 25:1“If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.”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?”Psalms 59:2“Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.”
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