Micah 3:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor and reject justice and pervert all equity,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Common English Bible

⁹ Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel, you who reject justice and make crooked all that is straight,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.

Micah 3:9 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, ‘What is this evil you are doing #– #profaning the Sabbath day?

Exodus 3:16

‘Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked person secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty, denying an innocent person justice.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat  and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

Ezekiel 44:23

They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.

Leviticus 26:15

if you reject my statutes and despise my ordinances, and do not observe all my commands #– #and break my covenant,

Amos 5:7

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

Micah 1:1

The word of the Lord that came  to Micah  the Moreshite   #– #what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham,  Ahaz,  and Hezekiah,  kings of Judah.

Micah 3:1

Then I said, ‘Now listen,  leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

Deuteronomy 27:19

“The one who denies justice to a resident foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”