Micah 2:2

New American Standard Bible 2020

They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:1

Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.

2 Kings 9:26

‘I have certainly seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will repay you on this property,’ declares the Lord. Now then, pick him up and throw him on the property, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”

Job 31:38

¶“If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people, “It is you who have devoured the vineyard; The goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.

Isaiah 5:8

¶Woe to those who attach house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, And you alone are a landowner in the midst of the land!

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,

Ezekiel 22:12

Among you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest, you have injured your neighbors by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:13

“Behold, then, I strike with My hand your profit which you have made and the bloodshed which is among you.

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?” ’

Ezekiel 45:9

‘This is what the Lord God says: “Enough, you princes of Israel; get rid of violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Revoke your evictions of My people,” declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 46:18

And the prince shall not take from the people’s inheritance, depriving them of their property; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own property, so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his property.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 8:17

And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me to anger repeatedly? Yet behold, they are putting the twig to their nose!

Amos 2:7

“These who trample the head of the helpless to the dust of the earth Also divert the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl So as to profane My holy name.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, And say to their husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample the needy, to put an end to the humble of the land,

Micah 3:9

Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who despise justice And twist everything that is straight,

Micah 6:12

“For the rich people of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.