Micah 2:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power.

Cross References

Genesis 31:29

I have it in my power to harm all of you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Take care not to say anything to Jacob!’

1 Kings 21:7

Jezebel his wife said to him, “What a king of Israel you are! Get up! Eat and be cheerful. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Job 15:35

They conceive malice, bring forth deceit, give birth to fraud.

Job 24:14

When there is no light the murderer rises, to kill the poor and needy; in the night he acts like a thief.

Psalm 36:4

Empty and false are the words of his mouth; he has ceased to be wise and do good.

Psalm 36:5

On his bed he hatches plots; he sets out on a wicked way; he does not reject evil.

Psalm 58:3

No, you freely engage in crime; your hands dispense violence to the earth.

Proverbs 12:2

A good person wins favor from the Lord, but the schemer he condemns.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil go astray? But those who plan good win steadfast loyalty.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold any goods from the owner when it is in your power to act.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot rest unless they have done evil; if they do not trip anyone they lose sleep.

Isaiah 29:20

For the tyrant shall be no more, the scoffer shall cease to be; All who are ready for evil shall be cut off,

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord enters into judgment with the people’s elders and princes: You, you who have devoured the vineyard; the loot wrested from the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 32:7

The deceits of the deceiver are evil, he plans devious schemes: To ruin the poor with lies, and the needy when they plead their case.

Isaiah 5:8

Ah! Those who join house to house, who connect field with field, Until no space remains, and you alone dwell in the midst of the land!

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with crime; Your lips speak falsehood, and your tongue utters deceit.

Jeremiah 18:18

“Come,” they said, “let us devise a plot against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priests, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. Come, let us destroy him by his own tongue. Let us pay careful attention to his every word.”

Ezekiel 11:2

The Lord said to me: Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your swords, you commit abominations, each defiles his neighbor’s wife—yet you would keep possession of the land?

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus says the Lord God: On that day thoughts shall cross your mind, and you shall devise an evil plan.

Ezekiel 46:18

The prince shall not seize any part of the heritage of the people by forcing them off their property. From his own property he shall provide heritage for his sons, so that none of my people will be driven off their property. The Temple Kitchens.

Micah 6:12

You whose wealthy are full of violence, whose inhabitants speak falsehood with deceitful tongues in their mouths!

Nahum 1:11

From you has come one plotting evil against the Lord, one giving sinister counsel.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the resident alien or the poor; do not plot evil against one another in your hearts.

Mark 15:1

As soon as morning came, the chief priests with the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin, held a council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Luke 20:19

The scribes and chief priests sought to lay their hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people, for they knew that he had addressed this parable to them. Paying Taxes to the Emperor.

John 19:11

Jesus answered [him], “You would have no power over me if it had not been given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

Acts 23:12

When day came, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

You, together with the Sanhedrin, must now make an official request to the commander to have him bring him down to you, as though you meant to investigate his case more thoroughly. We on our part are prepared to kill him before he arrives.”

Romans 1:30

and scandalmongers and they hate God. They are insolent, haughty, boastful, ingenious in their wickedness, and rebellious toward their parents.

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you strain your eyes looking for them every day, having no power to do anything.