Habakkuk 2:4

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Look! The proud person—his soul is not upright within him, but the righteous one will live by his faith.

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  • Rom 1:17 : 17 For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • Gal 3:11-12 : 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.' 12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'
  • John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. But the one who disobeys the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 He was driven away from people, his mind became like that of an animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of men and sets over it whomever He wishes. 22 But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.
  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 Scatter the outbursts of your anger, and look at every proud one and bring him low. 12 Look at every proud person and humble him, and crush the wicked where they stand.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

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  • Heb 10:38
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    38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'

    12The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

  • Rom 4:5-6
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    5But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

    6Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Ezek 33:12-13
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    12Therefore, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous person will not save them on the day of their transgression, nor will the wickedness of the wicked person cause them to fall on the day they turn from their wickedness. The righteous person cannot live by their righteousness on the day they sin.'

    13If I say to the righteous person, 'You will surely live,' but they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous acts will be remembered. They will die because of the iniquity they have committed.

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    6You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue.

    7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 40:4
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    4He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in the LORD.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

  • Hab 2:3
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    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.

  • Ezek 18:22
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    22None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteousness they have practiced, they will live.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15So humanity will be humbled, and people will be brought low; even the eyes of the arrogant will be humbled.

  • Ps 10:4-5
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    4In his pride, the wicked man says, 'He will not seek; there is no God in all his thoughts.'

    5His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he sneers at them.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Job 17:8
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    8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent one is stirred against the godless.

  • Ezek 18:9
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    9He walks in my statutes and faithfully keeps my rules—he is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25A greedy person stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Isa 2:11
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    11The haughty eyes of mankind will be brought low, and humanity's pride will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

  • Rom 10:6
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    6But the righteousness that is based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)

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    18Whoever walks in integrity will be saved, but one who is crooked in his ways will fall into ruin.

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    28Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, they will surely live; they will not die.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Job 15:15
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    15Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones, and even the heavens are not pure in His sight.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Jas 2:24
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    24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Ezek 3:21
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    21But if you warn a righteous person not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he heeded the warning, and you will have saved yourself.

  • Ps 15:2
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    2The one who walks blamelessly, does what is right, and speaks the truth from his heart.

  • Mal 3:15
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    15Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'

  • Ps 69:32
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    32This will please the LORD more than an ox, or a bull with horns and hooves.

  • Jas 2:20
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    20Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?

  • Gen 15:6
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    6Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

  • Job 24:22
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    22Yet God drags away the mighty with His power; though they rise up, they do not trust in their own lives.

  • Ezek 33:16
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    16None of the sins they have committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.

  • Ps 143:2
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    2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • Job 4:17
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    17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry, but He thrusts aside the craving of the wicked.