Micah 2:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You grab any field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and land.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:1

Naboth owned a vineyard in Jezreel near King Ahab's palace.

Job 31:38

I have never ill-treated the land I farmed and made it mourn.

Exodus 20:17

Do not want to take anything that belongs to someone else. Don't want to take anyone's house, wife or husband, slaves, oxen, donkeys or anything else.

Isaiah 3:14

He will even judge you rulers and leaders of his own nation. You destroyed his vineyard and filled your houses by robbing the poor.

Isaiah 5:8

You are in for trouble! You take over house after house and field after field, until there is no room left for anyone else in all the land.

Jeremiah 22:17

But all you think about is how to cheat or abuse or murder some innocent victim.

Ezekiel 18:12

cheats the poor, and robs people. He keeps what is given to him as security for a loan. He worships idols, does disgusting things,

Ezekiel 22:12

Others of you accept money to murder someone. Your own people charge high interest when making a loan to other Israelites, and they get rich by cheating. Worst of all, you have forgotten me, the LORD God.

Ezekiel 22:13

I will shake my fist in anger at your violent crimes.

Ezekiel 33:26

and spread violence throughout the land. Everything you do is wicked; you are even unfaithful in marriage. And you claim the land is yours!

Ezekiel 45:9

The LORD God said: You leaders of Israel have robbed and cheated my people long enough! I want you to stop sinning and start doing what is right and fair. You must never again force my people off their own land. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 46:18

The ruler must never abuse my people by taking land from them. Any land he gives his children must already belong to him.

Ezekiel 8:17

God said, “Ezekiel, it's bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these disgusting things. But they have also spread violence and injustice everywhere in Israel and have made me very angry. They have disgraced and insulted me in the worst possible way.

Amos 2:7

They throw the poor to the ground and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonoured, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Amos 8:4

You people crush those in need and wipe out the poor.

Micah 3:9

So listen to my message, you rulers of Israel! You hate justice and twist the truth.

Micah 6:12

You rich people are violent, and everyone tells lies.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much that they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.