Micah 2:1

Modern English Version

Woe to those who conceive wickedness, to those who devise evil on their beds! At morning’s light they execute it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Cross References

Genesis 31:29

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take care that you not speak to Jacob either good or bad.’

1 Kings 21:7

Jezebel his wife said to him, “Are you not the governor of the kingdom of Israel? Get up and eat bread, and let your heart be happy, for I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There exists a scattered people dispersed among the other peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from all others, and they are not complying with the king’s laws, so there may not be a suitable reason for the king to allow them to exist.

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends suggested to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits tall be constructed, and in the morning ask the king if Mordecai can be hanged on it. Then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the suggestion pleased Haman, so he had the gallows constructed.

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and give birth to futility; their womb prepares deceit.”

Job 24:14

The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.

Psalm 36:4

He devises mischief on his bed; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he does not reject evil.

Psalm 36:5

Your mercy, O  Lord, extends to the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Psalm 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb; those who speak lies go astray from birth.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices will He condemn.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth will find those who devise good.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; their sleep is taken away unless they make someone stumble.

Isaiah 29:20

For the ruthless shall come to nothing, and the scorner will be consumed, and all who are intent on doing iniquity shall be cut off —

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and the princes of His people: For you have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the rogue are evil; he devises wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more space where they may live alone in the midst of the land!

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Ezekiel 11:2

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely upon your sword, you work abominations, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus says the Lord God: It shall come to pass on that day that things shall come into your mind and you shall think an evil thought,

Ezekiel 46:18

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

Micah 6:12

Her wealthy men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak deception, and their tongue in their mouth is treachery.

Nahum 1:11

Out of you, O Nineveh, comes one, a worthless counselor, who devises evil against the Lord.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow, orphan, sojourner, or poor. And let none of you contemplate evil deeds in your hearts against his brother.

Mark 15:1

Early in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin. And they bound Jesus and took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.

Luke 20:19

The chief priests and the scribes tried to lay their hands on Him that same hour, but they feared the people. For they perceived that He had told this parable against them.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all over Me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”

Acts 23:12

At daybreak some of the Jews conspired under oath, saying they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

So now, with the Sanhedrin, tell the commander to bring him down to you tomorrow, pretending to inquire further concerning him. We are ready to kill him before he arrives.”

Romans 1:30

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, proud, boastful, inventors of evil things, and disobedient toward parents,

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long, but there will be nothing you can do.