Micah 7:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is bought for a price, the powerful speak as they please.

Cross References

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!”

Amos 5:12

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore, I will give their wives to other men, their fields to new owners. Small and great alike, all are greedy for gain, prophet and priest, all practice fraud.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God. Paul’s Life as Pattern.

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver,

Hosea 4:18

When their drinking is over, they give themselves to prostitution; they love shame more than their honor.

Ezekiel 22:27

Within her, her officials are like wolves tearing prey, shedding blood and destroying lives to extort profit.

Ezekiel 22:6

See! the princes of Israel within you use their power to shed blood.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he keep his wrath forever, will he hold his grudge to the end?” This is what you say; yet you do all the evil you can. Judah and Israel.

Isaiah 26:21

See, the Lord goes forth from his place, to punish the wickedness of the earth’s inhabitants; The earth will reveal the blood shed upon it, and no longer conceal the slain.

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.

Proverbs 17:23

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

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will oppress one another, yes, each one the neighbor. The child will be insolent toward the elder, and the base toward the honorable.

Isaiah 5:23

Those who acquit the guilty for bribes, and deprive the innocent of justice!

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.

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me: The guilt of the house of Israel and the house of Judah is too great to measure; the land is filled with bloodshed, the city with lawlessness. They think that the Lord has abandoned the land, that he does not see them.

Ezekiel 22:12

There are those in you who take bribes to shed blood. You exact interest and usury; you extort profit from your neighbor by violence. But me you have forgotten—oracle of the Lord God.

Hosea 7:3

With their wickedness they make the king rejoice, the princes too, with their treacherous deeds.

Micah 2:8

But you rise up against my people as an enemy: you have stripped off the garment from the peaceful, From those who go their way in confidence, as though it were spoils of war.

Micah 3:2

you who hate what is good, and love evil? You who tear their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones;

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks an eye plans perversity; whoever purses the lips does evil.

Jeremiah 4:22

My people are fools, they do not know me; They are senseless children, without understanding; They are wise at evil, but they do not know how to do good.

Ezekiel 34:21

Because you push with flank and shoulder, and butt all the weak sheep with your horns until you drive them off,