Micah 3:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

I got angry and said to the leaders of Judah, “This evil you are doing is an insult to the Sabbath!

Exodus 3:16

Call together the leaders of Israel and tell them that the God who was worshipped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has appeared to you. Tell them I have seen how terribly they are being treated in Egypt,

Proverbs 17:15

The LORD doesn't like those who defend the guilty or condemn the innocent.

Proverbs 17:23

Crooks accept secret bribes to keep justice from being done.

Proverbs 18:5

It's wrong to favour the guilty and keep the innocent from getting justice.

Proverbs 21:7

You destroy yourself by being cruel and violent and refusing to live right.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes. Widows and orphans never get a fair trial.

Jeremiah 5:28

and prosperous, but you refuse to help the poor get the justice they deserve.

Ezekiel 44:23

Priests must teach my people the difference between what is sacred and what is ordinary, and between what is clean and what is unclean.

Hosea 5:1

Listen, you priests! Pay attention, Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family. Justice was your duty. But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor you trapped the people.

Amos 5:7

You people are doomed! You twist the truth and trample on justice.

Micah 1:1

I am Micah from Moresheth. And this is the message about Samaria and Jerusalem that the LORD gave to me when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah.

Micah 3:1

Listen to me, you rulers of Israel! You know right from wrong,