1Ki 2:32, Pro 25:26, Hab 1:4, 12, 1Jo 3:12 | ESV | STEP | The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head , because , without the knowledge of my father David , he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner , commander of the army of Israel , and Amasa the son of Jether , commander of the army of Judah .

1 Kings 2:32

32 The Lord will ^abring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men ^bmore righteous and better than himself, ^cAbner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and ^dAmasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

Proverbs 25:26

26 Like ^ea muddied spring or a polluted fountain
is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Habakkuk 1:4

4 ^fSo the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
^gFor the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.

Habakkuk 1:12

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Are you not ^hfrom everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
ⁱWe shall not die.
O Lord, ^jyou have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O ^kRock, have established them for reproof.

1 John 3:12

12 We should not be like ^lCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^mBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.