Micah 6:8

New American Bible - revised edition

You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:3

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Do what is right and just. Rescue the victims from the hand of their oppressors. Do not wrong or oppress the resident alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Hosea 6:6

For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel said: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to the Lord’s command? Obedience is better than sacrifice, to listen, better than the fat of rams.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things when all of them came to be—oracle of the Lord. This is the one whom I approve: the afflicted one, crushed in spirit, who trembles at my word.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble.

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. Judging Others.

Luke 11:42

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others.

Amos 5:24

Rather let justice surge like waters, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Ephesians 4:32

[And] be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Genesis 18:19

Indeed, I have singled him out that he may direct his children and his household in the future to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord may put into effect for Abraham the promises he made about him.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Hosea 12:6

The Lord is the God of hosts, the Lord is his name!

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One, the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy: I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, to revive the heart of the crushed.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who have observed his law; Seek justice, seek humility; Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Psalm 37:26

All day long he is gracious and lends, and his offspring become a blessing.

Nehemiah 9:13

On Mount Sinai you came down, you spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances, true laws, good statutes and commandments;

Psalm 112:4

Light shines through the darkness for the upright; gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to hope in silence for the Lord’s deliverance.

Psalm 112:9

Lavishly he gives to the poor; his righteousness shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in honor.

Psalm 73:28

As for me, to be near God is my good, to make the Lord God my refuge. I shall declare all your works in the gates of daughter Zion.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because you were heartsick and have humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its inhabitants; because you humbled yourself before me, tore your garments, and wept before me, I in turn have heard—oracle of the Lord.

James 2:20

Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless?

Romans 7:16

Now if I do what I do not want, I concur that the law is good.

2 Chronicles 32:26

But then Hezekiah humbled himself for his pride—both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and therefore the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them during the time of Hezekiah.

1 Samuel 12:23

As for me, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you and to teach you the good and right way.

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker, “Why have you created me so?”

Luke 10:42

There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”

Ezekiel 16:63

that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, when I pardon you for all you have done—oracle of the Lord God.

2 Chronicles 33:23

Moreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; on the contrary, Amon only increased his guilt.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through his grace,

Genesis 5:22

Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah for three hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.

Leviticus 26:41

so that I, too, had to be hostile to them and bring them into their enemies’ land. Then, when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer and how his supplication was heard, all his sins and his treachery, the sites where he built high places and set up asherahs and carved images before he humbled himself, all this is recorded in the chronicles of his seers.

1 Corinthians 7:16

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband; or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? The Life That the Lord Has Assigned.

2 Chronicles 30:11

Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

Luke 12:14

He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”

Deuteronomy 30:15

See, I have today set before you life and good, death and evil.

Isaiah 56:1

Thus says the Lord: Observe what is right, do what is just, for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.

Ezekiel 33:14

And though I say to the wicked that they shall die, if they turn away from sin and do what is just and right—

Micah 6:9

The Lord cries aloud to the city (It is prudent to fear your name!): Hear, O tribe and city assembly,

Zechariah 7:9

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Judge with true justice, and show kindness and compassion toward each other.

Deuteronomy 27:10

You shall obey the voice of the Lord, your God, and keep his commandments and statutes which I am giving you today. Preparation for Blessings and Curses.

Joshua 24:14

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him completely and sincerely. Cast out the gods your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Psalm 101:1

A psalm of David. I sing of mercy and justice; to you, Lord, I sing praise.

Jeremiah 9:23

But rather, let those who boast, boast of this, that in their prudence they know me, Know that I, the Lord, act with fidelity, justice, and integrity on earth. How I take delight in these—oracle of the Lord. False Circumcision.

Jeremiah 22:16

Because he dispensed justice to the weak and the poor, he prospered. Is this not to know me?— oracle of the Lord.