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Habakkuk 2:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith. "

Habakkuk 2:4

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2 The LORD answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

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.

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

5 Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples.

6 Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

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Hebrews 10:38

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"But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”"

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"“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”"

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Wisdom 5:1

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"Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness before the face of those who afflicted him, and those who make his labors of no account."

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Isaiah 52:13

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"Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high."

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Romans 1:17

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"For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”"

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From This Chapter

Habakkuk 2:1

"I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint."

Habakkuk 2:2

"The LORD answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it."

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."

Habakkuk 2:5

"Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples."

Habakkuk 2:6

"Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’"

Habakkuk 2:7

"Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?"

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