Micah 3:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel! You who abhor justice, and pervert all that is right;

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

I reprimanded the nobles of Judah, demanding: “What is this evil thing you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?

Exodus 3:16

Go and gather the elders of the Israelites, and tell them, The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have observed you and what is being done to you in Egypt;

Proverbs 17:15

Whoever acquits the wicked, whoever condemns the just— both are an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 17:23

A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket, thus perverting the course of justice.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the guilty, nor to reject the claim of the just.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they do not defend, the widow’s plea does not reach them.

Jeremiah 5:28

fat and sleek. They pass over wicked deeds; justice they do not defend By advancing the claim of the orphan or judging the cause of the poor.

Ezekiel 44:23

They shall teach my people to distinguish between sacred and profane and make known to them the difference between clean and unclean.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests, Pay attention, house of Israel, Household of the king, give ear! For you are responsible for judgment. But you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread upon Tabor,

Leviticus 26:15

if you reject my statutes and loathe my decrees, refusing to obey all my commandments and breaking my covenant,

Amos 5:7

Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground,

Micah 1:1

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

Micah 3:1

And I said: Hear, you leaders of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not your duty to know what is right,

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Cursed be anyone who deprives the resident alien, the orphan or the widow of justice!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”