Micah 7:3

English Standard Version 2016

Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

Cross References

Micah 3:11

Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.”

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

Hosea 4:18

When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:6

“Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

Jeremiah 3:5

will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.”

Isaiah 26:21

For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable.

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

Isaiah 32:7

As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Hosea 7:3

By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.

Micah 2:8

But lately my people have risen up as an enemy; you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war.

Micah 3:2

you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks his eyes plans dishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”

Ezekiel 34:21

Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,