Micah 7:3

New Century Version

With both hands they are doing evil. Rulers ask for money, and judges’ decisions are bought for a price. Rich people tell what they want, and they get it.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:30

Someone who winks is planning evil, and the one who grins is planning something wrong.

Proverbs 17:23

When the wicked accept money to do wrong there can be no justice.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They all accept money for doing wrong, and they are paid to cheat people. They don’t seek justice for the orphans or listen to the widows’ needs.

Isaiah 26:21

The Lord will leave his place to punish the people of the world for their sins. The earth will show the blood of the people who have been killed; it will not cover the dead any longer.

Isaiah 3:5

People will be against each other; everyone will be against his neighbor. Young people will not respect older people, and common people will not respect important people.”

Isaiah 32:7

The wicked person uses evil like a tool. He plans ways to take everything from the poor. He destroys the poor with lies, even when the poor person is in the right.

Isaiah 5:23

They take money to set the guilty free and don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will you always be angry at me? Will your anger last forever?’ Judah, you said this, but you did as much evil as you could!”

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are stupid children; they don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. Everyone, from the least important to the greatest, is greedy for money. Even the prophets and priests all tell lies.

Ezekiel 22:12

The people in you take money to kill others. You take unfair interest and profits and make profits by mistreating your neighbor. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

Like wolves tearing a dead animal, Jerusalem’s leaders have killed people for profit.

Ezekiel 22:6

“ ‘Jerusalem, see how each ruler of Israel in you has been trying to kill people.

Ezekiel 34:21

You push with your side and with your shoulder, and you knock down all the weak sheep with your horns until you have forced them away.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is very great. The land is filled with people who murder, and the city is full of people who are not fair. The people say, ‘The Lord has left the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Hosea 4:18

When they finish their drinking, they completely give themselves to being prostitutes; they love these disgraceful ways.

Hosea 7:3

“They make the king happy with their wickedness; their rulers are glad with their lies.

Amos 5:12

I know your many crimes, your terrible sins. You hurt people who do right, you take money to do wrong, and you keep the poor from getting justice in court.

Micah 2:8

But you are fighting against my people like an enemy. You take the coats from people who pass by; you rob them of their safety; you plan war.

Micah 3:11

Its judges take money to decide who wins in court. Its priests only teach for pay, and its prophets only look into the future when they get paid. But they lean on the Lord and say, “The Lord is here with us, so nothing bad will happen to us.”

Micah 3:2

but you hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.

Matthew 26:15

He said, “What will you pay me for giving Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty silver coins.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So do not judge before the right time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light things that are now hidden in darkness, and will make known the secret purposes of people’s hearts. Then God will praise each one of them.