Micah 6:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

Genesis 5:22

And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

2 Chronicles 30:11

However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:26

But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

2 Chronicles 33:19

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

2 Chronicles 34:27

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

Nehemiah 9:13

And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:

Psalm 101:1

A Psalm. Of David. I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.

Psalm 112:4

For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

Psalm 112:9

He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

Psalm 37:26

All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

Psalm 73:28

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

Proverbs 21:3

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Isaiah 56:1

The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

Jeremiah 22:16

He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

Jeremiah 9:23

This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:63

So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 33:14

And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

Hosea 12:6

So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

Hosea 6:6

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

Leviticus 26:41

So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,

Amos 5:24

But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.

Zephaniah 2:3

Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

Zechariah 7:9

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

Matthew 5:3

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Matthew 5:7

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

Luke 10:42

Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

Luke 11:42

But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.

Luke 12:14

But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

Luke 6:36

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

Romans 7:16

But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

Romans 9:20

But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

1 Corinthians 7:16

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Deuteronomy 27:10

For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

Deuteronomy 30:15

See, I have put before you today, life and good, and death and evil;

Colossians 3:12

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

James 2:20

Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

Joshua 24:14

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

1 Peter 3:8

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

1 Samuel 12:23

And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.