Micah 6:12

New English Translation

The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

Cross References

Psalm 120:2

I said, “O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

Psalm 78:36

But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him.

Isaiah 1:23

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority.

Isaiah 5:7

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

Hosea 7:1

whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me.

Amos 2:4

This is what the Lord says: “Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the Lord’s law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.

Amos 6:4

They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.

Zephaniah 1:9

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

Acts 24:9

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”