Micah 3:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said, “So, my enemy, you've found me at last.” Elijah answered: Yes, I have! Ahab, you have managed to do everything the LORD hates.

2 Chronicles 19:2

But the prophet Jehu son of Hanani met him and said: By helping that wicked Ahab, you have made friends with someone who hates the LORD. Now the LORD God is angry with you!

Psalm 15:4

They hate worthless people, but show respect for all who worship the LORD. And they keep their promises, no matter what the cost.

Psalm 53:4

Won't you lawbreakers learn? You refuse to pray, and you gobble up the people of God.

Proverbs 28:4

Lawbreakers praise criminals, but law-abiding citizens always oppose them.

Isaiah 3:15

The LORD All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dust the faces of the poor.”

Isaiah 5:20

You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet.

Isaiah 57:12

You think you're so good, but I'll point out the truth.

Ezekiel 11:7

This city is indeed a cooking pot, but the bodies of those you killed are the meat. And so I will force you to leave Jerusalem,

Ezekiel 22:27

Israel's officials are like ferocious wolves, ripping their victims apart. They make a dishonest living by injuring and killing people.

Ezekiel 24:4

Throw in the legs and shoulders of your finest sheep and put in the juicy bones. Pile wood underneath the pot, and let the meat and bones boil until they are done.”

Ezekiel 34:3

You drink their milk and use their wool to make your clothes. Then you butcher the best ones for food. But you don't take care of the flock!

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 5:15

Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Perhaps I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be kind to what's left of your people.

Micah 2:8

My people, you have even stolen clothes right off the backs of your unsuspecting soldiers returning home from battle.

Micah 7:2

No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.

Micah 7:3

People cooperate to commit crime. Judges and leaders demand bribes, and rulers cheat in court.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.

Luke 19:14

But the people of his country hated him, and they sent messengers to the foreign country to say, “We don't want this man to be our king.”

John 18:40

They shouted, “No, not him! We want Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a terrorist.

John 7:7

The people of this world cannot hate you. They hate me, because I tell them that they do evil things.

Romans 1:32

They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.

Romans 12:9

Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good.

2 Timothy 3:3

heartless, and hateful. Their words will be cruel, and they will have no self-control or pity. These people will hate everything that is good.