Micah 3:11

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Her princes have judged for bribes, and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:13

For, from the least of them even to the greatest, all are given to covetousness: and from the prophet even to the priest, all are guilty of deceit.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.

Micah 3:5

Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him.

Jeremiah 7:4

Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.

1 Peter 5:2

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily:

Titus 1:11

Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.

Isaiah 48:2

For they are called of the holy city and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Numbers 16:15

Moses therefore being very angry said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices. Thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time: nor have injured any of them.

Jude 1:11

Woe unto them, for they have gone in the way of Cain: and after the error of Balaam they have for reward poured out themselves, and have perished in the contradiction of Core.

1 Timothy 3:3

Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

Hosea 4:18

Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.

Isaiah 56:11

And meet impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding. All have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.

Matthew 3:9

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy souls and to run after gains through covetousness.

Ezekiel 22:12

They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and then hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

Isaiah 5:23

That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.

Jeremiah 23:17

They say to them that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said, You shall have peace. And to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart they have said: No evil shall come to you.

Jeremiah 26:7

And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremias speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:2

Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the hocks be fed by the shepherds?

Hosea 4:8

They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.

Amos 5:14

Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.

Malachi 2:9

Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.

Numbers 22:7

And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And when they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac:

Jeremiah 5:12

They have denied the Lord and said: It is not he and the evil shall not come upon us. We shall not see the sword and famine.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are senseless men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.