Micah 3:9

Modern English Version

Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and warp all that is straight,

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and asked them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

Exodus 3:16

“Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, “I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the just, both are abominations to the Lord.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man accepts a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the wicked, to subvert the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will drag them away, because they refuse to do justice.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe and follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are fat, they are sleek. Indeed, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not judge the cause of the fatherless, so that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they do not defend.

Ezekiel 44:23

They shall teach My people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor,

Leviticus 26:15

if you despise My statutes, or if you abhor My judgments, so that you will not do all My commandments, but you break My covenant,

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness down to the ground!

Micah 1:1

The word of the Lord, which came to Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 3:1

Then I said: Listen now, heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Cursed is he who perverts justice for the foreigner, orphan, and widow.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.”