He who winks his eyes plans perverse things, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
Micah 7:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Both their hands are put forth and are upon what is evil to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters his evil desire. Thus they twist between them [the course of justice]. American Standard Version (1901) Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together. Common English Bible Their hands are skilled at doing evil. Official and judge alike ask for a bribe; the powerful speak however they like; this is how they conspire. Catholic Public Domain Version The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it. |
He who winks his eyes plans perverse things, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
For behold, the Lord is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her, and will no more cover her slain.
And the people will oppress one another, every man his fellow and every man his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the base fellow to the honorable.
The knaveries of the knave are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
will he be angry for ever, will he be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.”
“For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but how to do good they know not.”
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest every one is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest every one deals falsely.
In you men take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and increase and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.
Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
“Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,
Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’
A band of drunkards, they give themselves to harlotry; they love shame more than their glory.
By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.
For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
But you rise against my people as an enemy; you strip the robe from the peaceful, from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war.
Its heads give judgment for a bribe, its priests teach for hire, its prophets divine for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.”
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people, and their flesh from off their bones;
and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.