Micah 3:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² you who are hating good and loving evil, tearing away the skin from My people, and the flesh from their bones,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² You who hate the good and love the evil, who pluck and steal the skin from off [My people] and their flesh from off their bones;

American Standard Version (1901)

² ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Common English Bible

² you who hate good and love evil, who tear the skin off them, and the flesh off their bones,

Catholic Public Domain Version

² you who hold hatred for good, and love evil, who violently steal their skins from over them and their flesh from over their bones?

Micah 3:2 Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

And Aḥ

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Yĕ

Psalm 15:4

In whose eyes a reprobate one is despised, But he esteems those who fear יהוה ; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

Psalm 53:4

Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on Elohim?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the Torah praise the wrong, Those who guard the Torah strive with them.

Isaiah 3:15

“What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Master, יהוה  of hosts.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 57:12

“Let Me declare your righteousness and your works, for they do not profit you.

Ezekiel 11:7

‘Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. But I shall bring you out of the midst of it.

Ezekiel 22:27

“Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain.

Ezekiel 24:4

“Gather pieces of meat in it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, fill it with choice bones.

Ezekiel 34:3

“You eat the fat and you put on the wool. You slaughter the fatlings – you do not feed the flock.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Shomeron, who are oppressing the poor, who are crushing the needy, who are saying to their masters, “Bring wine, let us drink!”

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and set up right-ruling in the gate. It might be that יהוה  Elohim of hosts shows favour to the remnant of Yosĕ

Micah 2:8

“And lately My people have risen up as an enemy. You strip off the robe with the garment from those who trust you, as they pass by – those returning from battle.

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are on the evil, to do it well. The prince asks for gifts, the judge seeks a bribe, and the great man speaks the desire of his being. And they weave it together.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning.

Luke 19:14

“But his subjects were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, to say, ‘We do not wish this one to reign over us.’

John 18:40

Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this One, but Barabba!” And Barabba was a robber.

John 7:7

“It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness of it, that its works are wicked.

Romans 1:32

who, though they know the righteousness of Elohim, that those who practise such deserve death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practise them.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Shrink from what is wicked, cling to what is good.

2 Timothy 3:3

unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, haters of good,