Micah 2:1

New King James Version

Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

Cross References

Psalm 36:4

He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.

Isaiah 32:7

Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice.

Nahum 1:11

From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

Romans 1:30

backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so.

Genesis 31:29

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’

Acts 23:12

And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no strength in your hand.

Acts 23:15

Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

Mark 15:1

Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.

Ezekiel 11:2

And He said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made.

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people’s, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not go astray who devise evil? But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

Isaiah 29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nothing, The scornful one is consumed, And all who watch for iniquity are cut off—

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?” ’

Ezekiel 38:10

‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan:

Ezekiel 46:18

Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property.” ’ ”

Micah 6:12

For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.’

1 Kings 21:7

Then Jezebel his wife said to him, “You now exercise authority over Israel! Arise, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit.”

Psalm 36:5

Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Psalm 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: “For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, Till there is no place Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!