Habakkuk 1:13
New King James Version
13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
Psalm 34:15-16
New King James Version
15 (A)The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 (B)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
(C)To [a]cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 34:16 destroy
Psalm 5:4-5
New King James Version
4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,
Nor shall evil [a]dwell with You.
5 The (A)boastful shall not (B)stand in Your sight;
You hate all workers of iniquity.
Footnotes
- Psalm 5:4 Lit. sojourn
Jeremiah 12:1-2
New King James Version
Jeremiah’s Question
12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(C)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
Habakkuk 1:3-4
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3 Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see [a]trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
4 Therefore the law is powerless,
And justice never goes forth.
For the (A)wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:3 Or toil
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are [a]appointed to die.
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And (C)plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit. sons of passing away
1 Peter 1:15-16
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15 (A)but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, (B)“Be holy, for I am holy.”
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Psalm 50:3
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3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
(A)A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
Psalm 10:15
New King James Version
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now (A)require his [a]blood at your hand and [b]remove you from the earth?”
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- 2 Samuel 4:11 Or bloodshed
- 2 Samuel 4:11 Lit. consume you
Acts 3:13-15
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13 (A)The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, (B)glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you (C)delivered up and (D)denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14 But you denied (E)the Holy One (F)and the Just, and (G)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and killed the [a]Prince of life, (H)whom God raised from the dead, (I)of which we are witnesses.
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- Acts 3:15 Or Originator
Acts 2:23
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23 Him, (A)being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, (B)you [a]have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
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- Acts 2:23 NU omits have taken
Isaiah 64:12
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12 (A)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
(B)Will You [a]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:12 keep silent
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