Micah 2:2

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:1

And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, close by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

2 Kings 9:26

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says the LORD; and I will repay you in this portion of land, says the LORD. Now therefore take and leave him in the portion of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

Job 31:38

If my land cries against me, or if the furrows of it likewise complain;

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.

Isaiah 3:14

The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place left, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, and to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Ezekiel 18:12

Has oppressed the poor and needy, has plundered by violence, has not returned the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

Ezekiel 22:12

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and unjust gain, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, says the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:13

Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.

Ezekiel 33:26

You trust in your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall you possess the land?

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says the Lord GOD; Let it suffice for you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and robbery, and execute justice and righteousness, take away your exactions from my people, says the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 46:18

Moreover the prince shall not take from the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons an inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

Ezekiel 8:17

Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Amos 2:7

Who covet the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in to the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all uprightness.

Micah 6:12

For their rich men are full of violence, and their inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 23:13

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor permit those who are entering to go in.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all manner of evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.