Micah 6:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.

Cross References

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them,  for they fled from me; destruction to them, for they rebelled against me! Though I want to redeem them, they speak lies against me.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are deadly arrows – they speak deception. With his mouth one speaks peaceably with his friend, but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

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.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the  Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men  of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they have spoken and acted against the  Lord, defying his glorious presence.

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues.   , Vipers’ venom is under their lips.   ,

Zephaniah 3:3

The  princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for   the morning.

Hosea 7:1

when I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim  and the crimes of Samaria will be exposed. For they practise fraud; a thief breaks in; a raiding party pillages outside.

Amos 2:4

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the  Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies  that their ancestors followed have led them astray.

Amos 6:4

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory, sprawled out on their couches, and dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

Zephaniah 1:9

On that day  I will punish all who skip over the threshold,  , who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Acts 24:9

The Jews also joined in the attack, alleging that these things were true.