Habakkuk 1

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1. Communion with God · John Owen

   Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Hab. i. 13

   …a temptation to them who have looked on, Job xxi. 7; Ps. lxxiii. 2–4, etc.; Jer. xii. 1; Hab. i. 13. The discovery of it in Christ is utterly of another nature. In him the very nature of…

2. David Livingstone (For Teens) · Ochorus Originals

   How Long? cites Habakkuk 1:2

   …cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.” — Habakkuk 1:2 (ASV) West of Lake Tanganyika lay Manyema, the new frontier of the ivory and slave trade.…

3. Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone · Ochorus Originals

   Nyangwe cites Habakkuk 1:2

   …cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.” — Habakkuk 1:2, ASV Manyema The country west of Lake Tanganyika, which the traders called Manyema, was…

4. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

   On Asking God Why cites HABAKKUK 1:2

   …cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! HABAKKUK 1:2 Every Christian who suffers asks the question sooner or later. Why this? Why me? Why now?…

5. Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone · Ochorus Originals

   Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of David Livingstone cites Habakkuk 1:2

   …us words for such moments. “O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear?” (Habakkuk 1:2, ASV). 21. Tell the Whole Truth His field diary shows that he told the story of Nyangwe…

6. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

   If God Is Good, Why Is the World So Full of Evil? cites Habakkuk 1:2

   …One of its prophets prayed, “How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear” (Habakkuk 1:2). Complaints like that are in the Bible. God didn’t stay out of it Here’s where…

7. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

   September cites Habakkuk 1:8

   …self, the more I prove The blessed comfort of thy love. September 10 “Evening wolves.” (Habakkuk 1:8) While preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so…

8. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Hab. 1:12

   …of his understanding." Here again He is called "The Everlasting God." Habakkuk in Hab. 1:12 sets forth the same conception of God. He says, "Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah…

9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 2, Chapter 10 — The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New cites Hab. 1:12

   …save us” “Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord?” (Hab. 1:12; Isaiah 33:22; Deut. 33:29). But not to labour superfluously, the prophets are constantly…

10. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Providence of God cites Hab 1:12

    …church; and sometimes to refine and purify it. ‘Thou hast ordained them for correction.’ Hab 1:12. As if the prophet had said, Thou hast ordained the wicked to correct thy children.…

11. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Hab. i. 13

    …nor can the sons of men have any other thoughts of him (Rom. i. 18; Isa. xxxiii. 13, 14; Hab. i. 13; Ps. v. 4–6; Eph. ii. 3), — here he is now revealed peculiarly as love, as full of it…

12. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites Hab. i. 13

    …his delighting to behold purity in others. “He is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity,” Hab. i. 13. “He hath no pleasure in wickedness; the foolish shall not stand in his sight,” Ps. v. 4…

13. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Hab 1: 13

    …and reverend is his name.’ Psa 111: 9. ‘Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil.’ Hab 1: 13. God is essentially, originally, and efficiently holy. All the holiness in men and angels…

14. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sin cites Hab. i. 13

    …that “nothing that defiles shall in any wise enter heaven.” (Jer. xliv. 4; Hab. i. 13; James ii. 10; Ezek. xviii. 4; Rom. vi. 23; Rom. ii. 16; Mark ix. 44; Ps. ix. 17; Matt.…

15. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Holiness of God cites Hab 1:13

    …and abhorrence of evil. ‘Of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on iniquity.’ Hab 1:13. I. God is holy intrinsically. He is holy in his nature; his very being is made up of…

16. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Misery by the Fall cites Hab 1:13

    …is filled with violence, that the wicked oppresses the man who is more righteous than he? Hab 1:13. Whence so much fraudulence in dealing, so much falseness in friendship, such crosses in…

17. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Faith! cites Hab. i. 13

    …cease to be a perfect God. He is one who “cannot look upon that which is iniquity.” (Hab. i. 13.) Oh, no! The world-wide love of which Jesus speaks, is a love of kindness, pity,and…

18. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Confession cites Hab. i. 13

    …of God, that He is “of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on iniquity”1 (Hab. i. 13.) Is it not said, that He “hates all workers of iniquity”? (Psalm v. 5.) Did He not say…

19. Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Habakkuk 1:2-4

    …helped move a nation; his first notes show a more tangled story. Scriptures to revisit Habakkuk 1:2-4; 2:4, 14; Ephesians 4:25. Reflection 1. What is the place of lament in your prayers? 2.…