Micah 3:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But you hate good and love evil. You tear the skin off the people and tear the flesh off their bones.

Cross References

Ezekiel 22:27

“The leaders in Jerusalem are like a wolf eating the animal it has caught. They attack people and kill them just to get rich.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who refuse to obey the law promote evil. Those who obey the law oppose evil.

Psalm 53:4

Those who are evil treat my people like bread to be eaten. And they never ask for God’s help. Don’t they understand what they are doing?

Romans 12:9

Your love must be real. Hate what is evil. Do only what is good.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to hurt my people? What gives you the right to push the faces of the poor into the dirt?” The Lord GOD All-Powerful said this.

2 Chronicles 19:2

The prophet Jehu, son of Hanani, went out to meet the king. Jehu said to him, “Why did you help those who are wicked? Why do you love those who hate the Lord? That’s the reason the Lord is angry with you now.

1 Kings 21:20

So Elijah went to Ahab. When Ahab saw him, he said, “Well, my enemy has found me again!” Elijah answered, “Yes, I found you, because you have again sold yourself out to do what the Lord says is evil.

2 Timothy 3:3

They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.

Romans 1:32

They know God’s law says that anyone who lives like that should die. But they not only continue to do these things themselves, but they also encourage others who do them.

John 18:40

They shouted back, “No, not him! Let Barabbas go free!” (Barabbas was a rebel.)

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you. But the world hates me, because I tell the people in the world that they do evil things.

Luke 19:14

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. They sent a group to follow him to the other country. There they said, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

Zephaniah 3:3

Jerusalem’s leaders are like roaring lions. Her judges are like hungry wolves that come in the evening to attack the sheep—and in the morning nothing is left.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat sheep and use their wool to make clothes for yourselves. You kill the fat sheep, but you don’t feed the flock.

Psalm 15:4

They hate those who fail to please God and honor those who respect the Lord. If they make a promise to their neighbor, they do what they promised.

Isaiah 57:12

I could tell about your ‘good works’ and all the ‘religious’ things you do, but that will not help you.

Ezekiel 11:7

Now, the Lord GOD says this: ‘The dead bodies are the meat, and the city is the pot. But someone will come and take you out of this safe pot.

Ezekiel 24:4

Put in the pieces of meat. Put in every good piece, the thighs and the shoulders. Fill the pot with the best bones.

Micah 2:8

But you attack my people like enemies. You steal the clothes off the backs of people walking by. They think they are safe, but you are there to treat them like prisoners of war.

Micah 7:2

By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother.

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things with both hands. Officials ask for bribes. Judges take money to change their decisions in court. “Important leaders” do whatever they want to do.

Isaiah 5:20

Look at those people! They say good is bad and bad is good. They think light is dark and dark is light. They think sour is sweet and sweet is sour.

Amos 4:1

Listen to me, you cows of Bashan on Samaria’s mountain. You hurt the poor and crush those in need. You tell your husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love goodness. Bring justice back into the courts. Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the survivors from Joseph’s family.