Micah 3:9

Good News Translation (US Version)

Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.

Proverbs 17:15

Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go—both are hateful to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“‘God's curse on anyone who deprives foreigners, orphans, and widows of their rights.’ “And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!’

Micah 3:1

Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice,

Hosea 5:1

“Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice—so judgment will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor,

Jeremiah 5:28

why they are fat and well fed. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They do not give orphans their rights or show justice to the oppressed.

Leviticus 26:15

If you refuse to obey my laws and commands and break the covenant I have made with you,

Exodus 3:16

Go and gather the leaders of Israel together and tell them that I, the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to you. Tell them that I have come to them and have seen what the Egyptians are doing to them.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not right to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from receiving justice.

Proverbs 21:7

The wicked are doomed by their own violence; they refuse to do what is right.

Ezekiel 44:23

“The priests are to teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is not, and between what is ritually clean and what is not.

Micah 1:1

During the time that Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, the Lord gave this message to Micah, who was from the town of Moresheth. The Lord revealed to Micah all these things about Samaria and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 13:17

I reprimanded the Jewish leaders and told them, “Look at the evil you're doing! You're making the Sabbath unholy.

Proverbs 17:23

Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.

Amos 5:7

You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!