Micah 6:12

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 120:2

Deliver my soul, O  Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

Psalm 78:36

Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths, and they lied to Him with their tongues;

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.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongue and their deeds are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

Hosea 7:1

When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they deal deceitfully; the thief breaks in; the robbers raid outside,

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, yet they speak lies against Me.

Amos 2:4

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept His commandments. The lies which their fathers followed have led them astray.

Amos 6:4

who lie upon beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches, eating lambs from the flock and calves from the stall;

Zephaniah 1:9

On that day I will punish all who step over the threshold, who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves who leave nothing until the morning.

Acts 24:9

The Jews assented, alleging these things to be true.

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are an open grave; with their tongues they have used deceit”; “the poison of vipers is under their lips”;