Habakkuk key verses

Habakkuk 1:2 “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?”

The prophet’s honest lament

Habakkuk 1:13 “You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors?”

The hard question of God using the wicked

Habakkuk 2:3 “For still the vision awaits its appointed time... If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come.”

Waiting in faith for God’s promise

Habakkuk 2:4 “The righteous shall live by his faith.”

The seed of justification by faith

Habakkuk 2:14 “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”

The promise of God’s glory filling the earth

Habakkuk 2:20 “But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”

Reverent trust in the sovereign God

Habakkuk 3:18 “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.”

Faith that rejoices in God amid loss