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Micah 6:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the  Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

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Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the  Lord than sacrifice.


Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved,  put on compassion, kindness,  humility,  gentleness,  and patience,


This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.  Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor.  Don’t exploit or brutalise the resident foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.  Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.


For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God  rather than burnt offerings.


Then Samuel said: Does the Lord   take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the  Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.


My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will look favourably on this kind of person: one who is humble,  submissive   in spirit, and trembles at my word.


Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another,  and be compassionate  and humble,


Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.


‘But woe   to you Pharisees! You give a tenth   , of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass   justice   and love for God.   , These things you should have done without neglecting the others.


But let justice flow like water, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.


Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.


And be kind  and compassionate  to one another, forgiving  one another, just as God also forgave you  in Christ.


For I have chosen  him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’


When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God  and keep his commands, because this is for all  humanity.


But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God.


For the High and Exalted One, who lives for ever, whose name is holy,  says this: ‘I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.


‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven   is theirs.


Seek the Lord,  all you humble  of the earth, who carry out what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the  Lord’s anger.


Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of the heavens, because all his works are true and his ways are just.  He is able to humble  those who walk in pride.


You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions, and good statutes and commands.


It is good to wait quietly for salvation from the  Lord.


because  your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before me, and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.


Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?


Now if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.


Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart #– #he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem #– #so the Lord’s wrath didn’t come  on them during Hezekiah’s lifetime.


‘As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you.  I will teach you the good and right way.


On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?  Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this? ’


but one thing is necessary.   , Mary has made the right choice,   and it will not be taken away from her.’


so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed,  and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.  This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’


But he did not humble himself before the Lord like his father Manasseh humbled himself;  instead, Amon increased his guilt.


May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved  us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,


And after he fathered Methuselah, Enoch walked with God  for 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.


and I acted with hostility towards them and brought them into the land of their enemies #– #and when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled  and they make amends for their iniquity,


His prayer and how God was receptive to his prayer, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Events of Hozai.


Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.


But some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.


‘Friend,’   he said to him, ‘who appointed me a judge or arbitrator over you? ’


See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity.


This is what the Lord says: Preserve justice and do what is right, for my salvation is coming soon, and my righteousness will be revealed.


‘ “So when I tell the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right #– #


The voice of the Lord calls out to the city (and it is wise to fear your name): ‘Pay attention to the rod and the one who ordained it.


‘The Lord of Armies says this: “Make fair decisions.  Show faithful love and compassion  to one another.


Obey the Lord your God and follow his commands and statutes I am giving you today.’


‘Therefore, fear the Lord and worship him in sincerity and truth.  Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshipped  beyond the River Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship the Lord.


‘ “This is what the Lord says: The wise person should not boast in his wisdom; the strong should not boast in his strength; the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.


He took up the case of the poor and needy; then it went well. Is this not what it means to know me? This is the  Lord’s declaration.





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