Micah 2:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God.

Cross References

Genesis 31:29

my hand has power to repay you with harm. But the God of your father said to me yesterday, 'Beware that you not speak anything stern against Jacob.'

1 Kings 21:7

Then Jezebel, his wife, said to him: "You are of great authority, and you rule well in the kingdom of Israel. Rise up and eat bread, and be even-tempered. I will give the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, to you."

Esther 3:8

Nor was anyone compelled to drink who was unwilling, but, just as the king had appointed, one of his nobles was set over each table, so that each one might select what he wanted.

Esther 9:25

And so Haman went out that day joyful and cheerful. And when he saw that Mordecai was sitting in front of the gate of the palace, and that he alone did not get up for him, but did not so much as move from the place where he sat, he was very indignant.

Job 15:35

He has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit.

Job 24:14

The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.

Psalm 36:4

Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.

Psalm 36:5

Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.

Psalm 58:3

Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

Proverbs 12:2

Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously.

Proverbs 14:22

They wander astray who work evil. But mercy and truth prepare good things.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not prevent him who is able from doing good. When you are able, do good yourself too.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.

Isaiah 29:20

For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and with their leaders. For you have been devouring the vineyard, and the plunder from the poor is in your house.

Isaiah 32:7

The tools of the deceitful are very wicked. For they have concocted plans to destroy the meek by lying words, though the poor speak judgment.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to you who join house to house, and who combine field to field, even to the limits of the place! Do you intend to live alone in the midst of the earth?

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.

Jeremiah 18:18

And they said: "Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a sermon from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words."

Ezekiel 11:2

And he said to me: "Son of man, these are men who devise iniquity. And they offer a wicked counsel in this city,

Ezekiel 33:26

You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor's wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus says the Lord God: In that day, words will climb into your heart, and you will invent a most wicked plan.

Ezekiel 46:18

And the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people by force, nor from their possession. Instead, from his own possession, he shall give an inheritance to his sons, so that my people will not be scattered, each one from his possession."

Micah 6:12

By this, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

Nahum 1:11

Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord, dragging betrayals through his mind.

Zechariah 7:10

And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.

Mark 15:1

And immediately in the morning, after the leaders of the priests had taken counsel with the elders and the scribes and the entire council, binding Jesus, they led him away and delivered him to Pilate.

Luke 20:19

And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them.

John 19:11

Jesus responded, "You would not have any authority over me, unless it were given to you from above. For this reason, he who has handed me over to you has the greater sin."

Acts 23:12

And when daylight arrived, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves with an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

Therefore, with the council, you should now give notice to the tribune, so that he may bring him to you, as if you intended to determine something else about him. But before he approaches, we have made preparations to put him to death."

Romans 1:30

slanderous, hateful toward God, abusive, arrogant, self-exalting, devisers of evil, disobedient to parents,

Deuteronomy 28:32

May your sons and your daughters be handed over to another people, as your eyes watch and languish at the sight of them throughout the day, and may there be no strength in your hand.