Habakkuk 1:13
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13 You who are (A)of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
(B)why do you idly look at traitors
and (C)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
Psalm 34:15-16
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15 (A)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
(B)and his ears toward their cry.
16 (C)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to (D)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psalm 5:4-5
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4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
5 The (A)boastful shall not (B)stand before your eyes;
you (C)hate all evildoers.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah's Complaint
12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
2 You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and produce fruit;
(D)you are near in their mouth
and far from their heart.
Habakkuk 1:3-4
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3 (A)Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction (B)and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
4 (C)So the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
(D)For the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
(C)defend the rights of (D)the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away
1 Peter 1:15-16
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15 but (A)as he who called you is holy, you also be holy (B)in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, (C)“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
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Psalm 50:3
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3 Our God comes; he (A)does not keep silence;[a]
before him is a devouring (B)fire,
around him a mighty tempest.
Footnotes
- Psalm 50:3 Or May our God come, and not keep silence
Psalm 10:15
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15 (A)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
(B)call his wickedness to account till you find none.
2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now (A)require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”
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Acts 3:13-15
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13 (A)The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, (B)the God of our fathers, (C)glorified his servant[a] Jesus, whom (D)you delivered over and (E)denied in the presence of Pilate, (F)when he had decided to release him. 14 But you denied (G)the Holy and (H)Righteous One, and (I)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed (J)the Author of life, (K)whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
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Isaiah 64:12
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12 (A)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
Isaiah 33:1
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O Lord, Be Gracious to Us
33 (A)Ah, you destroyer,
who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
(A)the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O (B)Elam;
lay siege, O (C)Media;
all the (D)sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
Psalm 83:1
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O God, Do Not Keep Silence
A Song. A Psalm of (A)Asaph.
83 O God, do not keep silence;
(B)do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
Psalm 73:3
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Psalm 56:1-2
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In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A (A)Miktam[a] of David, when the (B)Philistines seized him in Gath.
56 (C)Be gracious to me, O God, for man (D)tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 50:21
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21 These things you have done, and I (A)have been silent;
you thought that I[a] was one like yourself.
But now I (B)rebuke you and (C)lay the charge before you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 50:21 Or that the I am
Psalm 37:32-33
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32 The wicked (A)watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not (B)abandon him to his power
or let him (C)be condemned when he is brought to trial.
Psalm 37:12-15
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12 The wicked (A)plots against the righteous
and (B)gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord (C)laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his (D)day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword and (E)bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose (F)way is upright;
15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their (G)bows shall be broken.
Psalm 35:22
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Psalm 11:4-7
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4 (A)The Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord's (B)throne is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids (C)test the children of man.
5 The Lord (D)tests the righteous,
but (E)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Let him rain coals on the wicked;
(F)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be (G)the portion of their cup.
7 For the Lord is righteous;
he (H)loves righteous deeds;
(I)the upright shall behold his face.
Psalm 10:1-2
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Why Do You Hide Yourself?
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them (D)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Job 15:15
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Footnotes
- Job 15:15 Hebrew he
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