Micah 7:3

Legacy Standard Bible

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:30

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

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 26:21

For behold, Yahweh is about to come out from His place To visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth; And the earth will reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will overwhelm the elder And the dishonorable, the honorable.

Isaiah 32:7

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He counsels wicked schemes To wreak destruction on the afflicted with lying words, Even though the needy one speaks justly.

Isaiah 5:23

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

Jeremiah 3:5

‘Will He be angry forever? Will He keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your way.”

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are ignorant fools, They know Me not; They are simpleminded children And have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they do not know.”

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 22:6

“Behold, the princes of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

Ezekiel 34:21

Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the sickly with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

Ezekiel 9:9

Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with bloodshed, and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh does not see!’

Hosea 4:18

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

Hosea 7:3

With their evil they make the king glad, And the princes with their deceptions.

Amos 5:12

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are mighty, You who distress the righteous and take bribes And turn aside the needy in the gate.

Micah 2:8

“And recently My people have arisen as an enemy— You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war.

Micah 3:11

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.”

Micah 3:2

“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What are you willing to give me to deliver Him to you?” And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and make manifest the motives of hearts. And then each one’s praise will come to him from God.