The Lord's eyes are too pure to look on evil. Really?

[tonychanyt]

No, not exactly. Habakkuk complained in 1:

13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Habakkuk was frustrated and venting. Gill explained:

The Lord with his eyes of omniscience beholds all things good and evil, and all men good and bad, with all their actions; but then he does not look upon the sins of men with pleasure and approbation; since they are contrary to his nature, repugnant to his will, and breaches of his righteous law

Proverbs 15:

3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

Habakkuk wasn't making a doctrinal statement that God literally could not see evil. Rather, he's expressing his frustration and confusion about why God, who was holy and pure, seemed to be tolerating wickedness. It's a lament or complaint to God, not a theological pronouncement about God's limitations.