Habakkuk 2:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:17 : 17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • Gal 3:11-12 : 11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.
  • John 3:36 : 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him: 21 And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure. 22 And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this; 23 But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach. 12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:38
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    38But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

    12And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

  • Rom 4:5-6
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    5But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

    6As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

  • Ezek 33:12-13
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    12And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

    13When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    6The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

    7See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Ps 40:4
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    4Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

  • Hab 2:3
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    3For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

  • Ezek 18:22
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    22Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in memory against him: in the righteousness which he has done he will have life.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

  • Ps 10:4-5
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    4The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

    5His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

  • Job 17:8
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    8The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

  • Ezek 18:9
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    9And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Isa 2:11
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    11The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

  • Rom 10:6
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    6But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)

  • Prov 28:18
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    18He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

  • Ezek 18:28
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    28Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Job 15:15
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    15Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 11:28
    67%

    28He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Jas 2:24
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    24You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

  • Isa 33:15
    67%

    15He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

  • Ezek 3:21
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    21But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.

  • Ps 15:2
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    2He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

  • Mal 3:15
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    15And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

  • Ps 69:32
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    32The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.

  • Jas 2:20
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    20Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

  • Job 24:22
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    22But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

  • Ezek 33:16
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    16Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in mind against him: he has done what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his.

  • Ps 143:2
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    2Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Job 4:17
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    17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.