Micah 7:3

A Conservative Version

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Cross References

Micah 3:11

The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.

Amos 5:12

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not judge anything before time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

Matthew 26:15

he said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty silver pieces.

Hosea 4:18

Their drink has become sour. They play the harlot continually. Her rulers dearly love shame.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her rulers in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he retain [his anger] forever? Will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou have spoken, and have done evil things, and have had thy way.

Isaiah 26:21

For, behold, LORD comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor. The child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!

Isaiah 32:7

And the instruments of the churl are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness. For they say, LORD has forsaken the land, and LORD does not see.

Ezekiel 22:12

In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD.

Hosea 7:3

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the rulers with their lies.

Micah 2:8

But of late my people have risen up as an enemy. Ye strip off the robe with the garment from those who pass by securely [as men] turning back from war.

Micah 3:2

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

Proverbs 16:30

He who shuts his eyes devises perverse things. He who moves his lips brings evil to pass.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are sottish sons, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Ezekiel 34:21

Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad,