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Bible verses (4)

Bible Memory verse

Habakkuk 1:13

Habakkuk says God's eyes are too pure to look on evil and that he cannot look on wrongdoing. The prophet is not stating a doctrine at a distance; he is arguing with God about injustice, and he argues from God's own purity. It shows that holiness is something you may plead when the world looks…

Habakkuk 1:13 · Holiness

Bible Memory collection

The Holiness of God: verses to memorise

…to holy living is not a new rule; it is God's old word to his own people applied to the church. Habakkuk 1:13 Habakkuk says God's eyes are too pure to look on evil and that he cannot look on wrongdoing. The prophet is not stating a doctrine at a distance; he is arguing with God about injustice, and…

Isaiah 6:3 · Holiness

Bible Memory verse

Nehemiah 8:10

…rather than to mood, and it comes right after Scripture was read and explained. Psalms 28:7 Habakkuk 3:18-19 Philippians 4:4 Lord, your joy is my strength. Let it hold me up where my own resolve gives way.

Nehemiah 8:10 · Joy, Strength

Bible Memory verse

Psalms 13:1-2

…believer who can pray this verse is less likely to walk away in silence. Psalms 13:5-6 Psalms 22:1 Habakkuk 1:2 Lord, how long. I say it to you rather than about you, and I will still trust your mercy.

Psalms 13:1-2 · Prayer, Grief and Loss

Bible studies (8)

Chapter study

Philippians 4: Contentment Learned in Chains

…does not change. Philippians 4:4 Philippians 1:12-14 Philippians 1:29 Habakkuk 3:17-18 Anxiety is answered by prayer with thanksgiving, not by suppression Be careful for nothing does not mean stop feeling. The…

Philippians 4 · Contentment, Prayer, Worship

Devotional

Mercies New Every Morning

…are down, which makes the word a confession rather than a description. Habakkuk 2:4 uses the same root for the just living by his faith, and Lamentations 3 shows what that looks like in practice. Why are God's mercies…

Lamentations 3:22-23 · Hope, Suffering, Grace

Devotional

Gratitude in Every Season

…in three verses, tied to the word of Christ dwelling in the church. Habakkuk 3:17-18 The fig tree fails and the fields are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD. Thanks in the worst season, not for it. What are three…

1 Thessalonians 5:18 · Joy

Devotional

How Long, O Lord

…psalm itself, showing Scripture makes room even for unresolved grief. Habakkuk 1:2-4 How long, Yahweh, will I cry, and you will not hear? A prophet's lament that precedes his own turn to trust in chapter 3. What would…

Psalm 13:1-2 · Suffering, Hope, Grief and Loss

Devotional

How Long, O Lord

…why have you forsaken me, a lament Jesus himself prayed from the cross. Habakkuk 1:2 How long, Yahweh, will I cry, and you will not hear, the prophet's own version of this question. What question have you been unwilling…

Psalm 13:1 · Grief and Loss, Prayer

Devotional

Righteousness Apart From the Law

…it to him as righteousness, the text Paul builds his argument on. Habakkuk 2:4 The just shall live by his faith, quoted by Paul in Romans 1:17 as the theme of the whole letter. Do you sometimes treat grace as a…

Romans 3:21-22 · Grace, Evangelism

Devotional

Waiting Through Silence

Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay. WEB Habakkuk had already…

Habakkuk 2:3 · Waiting on God, Hope

52 Week Journey

Week 32: Waiting on God

…Waiting Through Silence Four hundred years between Malachi and Matthew. Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it;…

Psalm 27:13-14 · Waiting on God, Hope, Discipleship

Bible topics (5)

Word and phrase

Faith

…is what God counts as righteousness, quoted by both Paul and James. Habakkuk 2:4 The just shall live by his faith, a verse the New Testament quotes three separate times to explain the gospel. Hebrews 11:1 The clearest…

Genesis 15:6 · Faith, Peace

Biblical concept

Justification

…53:11 By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many. OT Habakkuk 2:4 The just shall live by his faith. NT Romans 3:24 Justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus. NT Romans 5:1 Being…

Deuteronomy 25:1 · Salvation

Topic study

Hope: The anchor that holds when everything else gives way

…the answer will look like eventually. When your prayers seem unanswered Habakkuk stands on his watch and waits for an answer, and the answer when it comes is a call to live by faith. Silence is not absence, and…

Proverbs · Hope, Faith, Love

Christian Living

Waiting on God: What the Bible Says

…wait. Genesis 21:1-2 Twenty-five years between the promise and Isaac. Habakkuk 2:3 The vision is for an appointed time; wait for it. Waiting on God Psalm 27:14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take…

Psalm 27:14 · Waiting on God, Hope, Strength

Questions and answers (10)

Bible question

Does God hear my prayers?

…The best prayer ever prayed borrowed the words of unanswered prayer. Habakkuk 1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and you do not hear! God answers Habakkuk, and the answer is harder than the silence was. Habakkuk ends the…

1 John 5:14 · Prayer, Faith, Hope

Bible question

Does God provide for my needs?

…7:11 Good things promised, with the Father judging what is good. Habakkuk 3:17-18 Rejoicing in God with no harvest, no flock and no fruit. Why does God provide daily instead of all at once? Scripture gives a reason.…

Matthew 6:31-33 · Money, Contentment, Anxiety

Bible question

How do I trust God when life is difficult?

…its end in Christ, in whom all nations are blessed (Galatians 3:16). Habakkuk, who decided in advance Habakkuk 3:17-19 Habakkuk was told that invasion was coming and that God would not prevent it. He had a clear picture…

Proverbs 3:5 · Faith, Hope, Suffering

Bible question

How should I pray?

…heart before him. 1 Samuel 1:9-18 Wordless grief accepted as prayer. Habakkuk 1:2-4 A prophet complaining to God about God's apparent inaction. When prayer seems blocked Isaiah 59:1-2 Sin separating rather than God…

Matthew 6:9 · Prayer, Faith, Worship

Bible question

What does the Bible say about contentment?

…How long, Yahweh. Scripture is full of honest pleading, Psalm 88 and Habakkuk 1:2, and Paul asked three times for the thorn to be removed, 2 Corinthians 12:8. Contentment is peace with God's answer, not silence before…

1 Timothy 6:6-8 · Contentment, Money, Peace

Bible question

What does the Bible say about work?

…and chance, Psalm 127:1-2 says labour is vain without the Lord, and Habakkuk 3:17-18 shows faith when the harvest fails. My job is my identity. Colossians 3:24 says you serve the Lord Christ, and the inheritance is the…

Colossians 3:23-24 · Work, Money, Purpose

Bible question

What is faith?

…text Paul and James both build on for what faith is and does. Habakkuk 2:4 The just shall live by his faith, a short Old Testament statement that becomes a central argument in both Romans and Galatians. Numbers 20:12…

Hebrews 11:1 · Faith, Spiritual Growth, Hope

Bible question

Who wrote the Bible?

…book. Jeremiah 30:2 Write all the words I have spoken to you in a book. Habakkuk 2:2 Write the vision and make it plain. Revelation 1:19 Write the things which you have seen. The New Testament writings received as…

2 Timothy 3:16 · Wisdom, Faith, Discipleship

Bible question

Why does God allow suffering?

…answer them in the same tone of voice. Job asked it. David asked it. Habakkuk asked it out loud and wrote down the complaint. Jesus quoted the loudest form of it from the cross. The Bible does not treat the question as…

Romans 8:18 · Suffering, Hope, Faith

Bible question

Why does God seem silent?

…as a failure of faith serious enough to be edited out of Scripture. Habakkuk wrote during the final decades before Judah's exile to Babylon, watching violence and injustice go unpunished and asking God directly why he…

Psalm 13:1 · Waiting on God, Faith, Hope

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