Micah 3:5

Good News Translation

My people are deceived by prophets who promise peace to those who pay them, but threaten war for those who don't. To these prophets the Lord says,

Cross References

Proverbs 28:21

Prejudice is wrong. But some judges will do wrong to get even the smallest bribe.

Isaiah 3:12

Moneylenders oppress my people, and their creditors cheat them. My people, your leaders are misleading you, so that you do not know which way to turn.

Jeremiah 23:27

They think that the dreams they tell will make my people forget me, just as their ancestors forgot me and turned to Baal.

Jeremiah 23:32

Listen to what I, the Lord, say! I am against the prophets who tell their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people astray with their lies and their boasting. I did not send them or order them to go, and they are of no help at all to the people. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 6:14

They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. ‘All is well,’ they say, when all is not well.

Jeremiah 6:4

They will say, “Prepare to attack Jerusalem! Get ready! We'll attack at noon!” But then they will say, “It's too late, the day is almost over, and the evening shadows are growing long.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets had nothing to tell you but lies; Their preaching deceived you by never exposing your sin. They made you think you did not need to repent.

Ezekiel 13:9

I am about to punish you prophets who have false visions and make misleading predictions. You will not be there when my people gather to make decisions; your names will not be included in the list of the citizens of Israel; you will never return to your land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

Hosea 4:5

Night and day you blunder on, and the prophets do no better than you. I am going to destroy Israel, your mother.

Joel 3:9

“Make this announcement among the nations: ‘Prepare for war; call your warriors; gather all your soldiers and march!

Micah 2:11

“These people want the kind of prophet who goes around full of lies and deceit and says, ‘I prophesy that wine and liquor will flow for you.’

Micah 3:11

The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money—and they all claim that the Lord is with them. “No harm will come to us,” they say. “The Lord is with us.”

Malachi 2:8

“But now you priests have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have broken the covenant I made with you.

Matthew 15:14

“Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 7:15

“Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.

Romans 16:18

For those who do such things are not serving Christ our Lord, but their own appetites. By their fine words and flattering speech they deceive innocent people.