Micah 3:11

Legacy Standard Bible

Her heads pronounce judgment for a bribe, And her priests instruct for a price, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on Yahweh saying, “Is not Yahweh in our midst? Evil will not come upon us.”

Cross References

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To thrust aside the paths of justice.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And pursues rewards. They do not execute justice for the orphan, Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

Isaiah 48:2

“For they call themselves after the holy city And are supported by the God of Israel; Yahweh of hosts is His name.

Isaiah 5:23

Who declare the wicked righteous for a bribe, And remove the righteous standing of the ones who are righteous!

Isaiah 56:11

And the dogs have a strong appetite; they do not know satisfaction. And they are shepherds who do not know understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his greedy gain, to the last one.

Jeremiah 23:17

“They keep saying to those who spurn Me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace” ’; And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, They say, ‘Evil will not come upon you.’

Jeremiah 26:7

The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.

Jeremiah 5:12

They have dealt falsely about Yahweh And said, “Not He; Calamity will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine.

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices lying.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in lying words, saying, ‘This is the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh.’

Jeremiah 8:10

“Therefore I will give their wives to others, Their fields to new possessors, Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices lying.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken bribes for the purpose of shedding blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get greedy gain.

Ezekiel 34:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been shepherding themselves! Should not the shepherds shepherd the flock?

Hosea 4:18

Their drink gone; They play the harlot continually; Their rulers dearly love disgrace.

Hosea 4:8

They eat the sin of My people And lift up their soul toward their iniquity.

Amos 5:14

¶Seek good and not evil, in order that you may live; And thus may Yahweh God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!

Amos 9:10

“All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

Micah 3:5

Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; When they have something to bite with their teeth, They call out, “Peace,” But against him who puts nothing in their mouths, They set themselves apart for war.

Micah 7:3

Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a payment, And a great man speaks the craving of his soul; So they weave it together.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are wolves at evening; They leave nothing to gnaw for the morning.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.

Malachi 1:10

“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not light a fire on My altar in vain! I have no delight in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

Malachi 2:9

“So I also have made you despised and low before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to Yahweh, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

Numbers 22:7

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went away with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and spoke Balak’s words to him.

Matthew 3:9

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but considerate, peaceable, free from the love of money;

Titus 1:11

who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not under compulsion, but willingly, according to God; and not for dishonest gain, but with eagerness;

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after greedy gain and took bribes and caused justice to turn aside.