Micah 3:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,

Cross References

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“The one who denies justice to a resident foreigner, a fatherless child, or a widow is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

Micah 3:1

Then I said, ‘Now listen,  leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat  and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

Leviticus 26:15

if you reject my statutes and despise my ordinances, and do not observe all my commands #– #and break my covenant,

Exodus 3:16

‘Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty, denying an innocent person justice.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.

Ezekiel 44:23

They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.

Micah 1:1

The word of the Lord that came  to Micah  the Moreshite   #– #what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham,  Ahaz,  and Hezekiah,  kings of Judah.

Nehemiah 13:17

I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, ‘What is this evil you are doing #– #profaning the Sabbath day?

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked person secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.

Amos 5:7

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.