Micah 3:1

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

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

Psalm 14:4

“Don't they know?” asks the Lord. “Are all these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me.”

Isaiah 1:10

Jerusalem, your rulers and your people are like those of Sodom and Gomorrah. Listen to what the Lord is saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching you.

Isaiah 10:2

That is how you keep the poor from having their rights and from getting justice. That is how you take the property that belongs to widows and orphans.

Ezekiel 22:6

All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.

Ezekiel 34:2

“Mortal man,” he said, “denounce the rulers of Israel. Prophesy to them, and tell them what I, the Sovereign Lord, say to them: You are doomed, you shepherds of Israel! You take care of yourselves, but never tend the sheep.

Ezekiel 34:3

You drink the milk, wear clothes made from the wool, and kill and eat the finest sheep. But you never tend the sheep.

Ezekiel 9:9

God answered, “The people of Israel and Judah are guilty of terrible sins. They have committed murder all over the land and have filled Jerusalem with crime. They say that I, the Lord, have abandoned their country and that I don't see them.

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,

Amos 4:1

Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!

Amos 6:1

How terrible it will be for you that have such an easy life in Zion and for you that feel safe in Samaria—you great leaders of this great nation Israel, you to whom the people go for help!

Micah 2:13

God will open the way for them and lead them out of exile. They will break out of the city gates and go free. Their king, the Lord himself, will lead them out.

1 Corinthians 6:5

Shame on you! Surely there is at least one wise person in your fellowship who can settle a dispute between fellow Christians.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the Lord your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.