Habakkuk 2:4

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Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

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  • Rom 1:17 : 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
  • Gal 3:11-12 : 11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. 12 But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.
  • John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him. 21 He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes. 22 “But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone– gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; 12 Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:38
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    38But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

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

    12But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

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

    6So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Ezek 33:12-13
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    12“And you, son of man, say to your people,‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.’

    13Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Ps 40:4
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    4How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

  • Hab 2:3
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    3For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.

  • Ezek 18:22
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    22None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Ps 10:4-5
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    4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

    5He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

  • Job 17:8
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    8Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

  • Ezek 18:9
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    9and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

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

  • Isa 2:11
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    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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

  • Prov 28:18
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    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Ezek 18:28
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    28Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he 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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    15If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 11:28
    67%

    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Jas 2:24
    67%

    24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

  • Isa 33:15
    67%

    15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–

  • Ezek 3:21
    67%

    21However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

  • Ps 15:2
    67%

    2Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly.

  • Mal 3:15
    67%

    15So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

  • Ps 69:32
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    32The oppressed look on– let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!

  • Jas 2:20
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    20But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

  • Gen 15:6
    67%

    6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

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

  • Job 24:22
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    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

  • Ezek 33:16
    67%

    16None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

  • Ps 143:2
    67%

    2Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

  • Prov 10:9
    67%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Job 4:17
    67%

    17“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.