Micah 3:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus says the Lord regarding the prophets: O you who lead my people astray, When your teeth have something to bite you announce peace, But proclaim war against the one who fails to put something in your mouth.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is never good: for even a morsel of bread one may do wrong.

Isaiah 3:12

My people—infants oppress them, women rule over them! My people, your leaders deceive you, they confuse the paths you should follow.

Jeremiah 23:27

By the dreams they tell each other, they plan to make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name for Baal.

Jeremiah 23:32

Yes, I am against the prophets who tell lying dreams—oracle of the Lord—those who lead my people astray by recounting their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them; they do this people no good at all—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:14

They have treated lightly the injury to my people: “Peace, peace!” they say, though there is no peace.

Jeremiah 6:4

“Prepare for war against her, Up! let us rush upon her at midday!” “Woe to us! the day is waning, evening shadows lengthen!”

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets provided you visions of whitewashed illusion; They did not lay bare your guilt, in order to restore your fortunes; They saw for you only oracles of empty deceit.

Ezekiel 13:9

My hand is against the prophets who see false visions and who make lying divinations. They shall not belong to the community of my people. They shall not be written in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.

Hosea 4:5

You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will stumble with you at night; I will make an end of your mother.

Micah 2:11

If one possessed of a lying spirit speaks deceitfully, saying, “I will preach to you wine and strong drink,” that one would be the preacher for this people.

Micah 3:11

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

Malachi 2:8

But you have turned aside from the way, and have caused many to stumble by your instruction; You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 7:15

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.