Micah 7:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 12:1

Save me, Lord! We can no longer trust anyone! All the good, loyal people are gone.

Isaiah 57:1

All the good people are gone, and no one even noticed. The loyal followers were gathered up, but no one knows why. The reason they were gathered up is that trouble is coming.

Jeremiah 5:26

There are evil men among my people. They are like men who make nets for catching birds. They set their traps, but they catch people instead of birds.

Isaiah 59:7

Your feet run toward evil. You are always ready to kill innocent people. You think of nothing but evil. Everywhere you go you cause trouble and ruin.

Proverbs 1:11

They will say, “Come with us. Let’s hide and beat to death anyone who happens to walk by.

Jeremiah 16:16

“I will soon send for many fishermen to come to this land.” This message is from the Lord. “They will catch the people of Judah. After that happens, I will send for many hunters to come to this land. They will hunt the people of Judah on every mountain and hill and in the cracks of the rocks.

1 Samuel 24:11

Look at this piece of cloth in my hand. I cut off the corner of your robe. I could have killed you, but I didn’t. Now, I want you to understand this. I want you to know that I am not planning anything against you. I did nothing wrong to you, but you are hunting me and trying to kill me.

Micah 3:10

You build Zion by murdering people. You build Jerusalem by cheating people!

Lamentations 4:18

Our enemies hunted us all the time. We could not even go out into the streets. Our end came near. Our time was up. Our end came!

Jeremiah 5:16

Their arrow bags are like open graves. All their men are strong soldiers.

Proverbs 12:6

Evil people use their words to hurt others, but the words from good people can save others from danger.

Psalm 57:6

My enemies set a trap for my feet to bring me down. They dug a deep pit to catch me, but they fell into it. Selah

1 Samuel 26:20

Now don’t make me die far away from the Lord’s presence. The king of Israel has come out looking for a flea. You are like a man hunting partridges in the mountains.”

Psalm 10:9

They are like lions hiding in the bushes to catch weak and helpless animals. They lay their traps for the poor, who are caught in their nets.

Isaiah 9:19

The Lord All-Powerful was angry, so the land was burned. The people were fuel for the fire. No one showed any compassion to anyone else.

Jeremiah 8:6

I have listened to them very carefully, but they don’t say what is right. They are not sorry for their sins. They don’t think about the evil they have done. They do things without thinking. They are like horses running into a battle.

Ezekiel 22:12

There men accept bribes to kill people. You lend money and charge interest on the loans. You cheat your neighbors just to make a little money. You have even forgotten me.’ This is what the Lord GOD said.

Ezekiel 24:6

“‘So this is what the Lord GOD says: It will be bad for Jerusalem. It will be bad for that city of murderers. Jerusalem is like a pot with rust on it, and those spots of rust cannot be removed! That pot is not clean, and the rust cannot be removed, so the meat must be thrown out and not divided among the priests.

Hosea 5:1

“Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king’s family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty! “You were like a trap at Mizpah and like a net spread on the ground at Tabor.

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 3:2

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

Zechariah 11:6

And I don’t feel sorry for the people who live in this country.” This is what the Lord said: “Look, I will let everyone be under the control of their neighbor and king. I will let them destroy the country—I will not stop them!”

Psalm 12:2

People lie to their neighbors. They say whatever they think people want to hear.

Isaiah 3:5

The people will turn against each other. Young people will not respect those who are older. The common people will not respect important leaders.”

Hosea 6:9

The priests are like gangs of robbers hiding and waiting on the road to attack someone. They murder people before they reach safety in Shechem. They do such evil things.

Acts 24:9

The other Jews agreed and said it was all true.