Micah 6:12

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 120:2

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful matters Against the quiet ones in the land.

Psalm 78:36

Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem stumbled, And Judah is fallen, Because their tongue and their doings Are against the Lord, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is an arrow shot out; It speaks deceit; One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, But in his heart he lies in wait.

Hosea 7:1

“When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria. For they have committed fraud; A thief comes in; A band of robbers takes spoil outside.

Hosea 7:13

“Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

Amos 2:4

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the Lord, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed.

Amos 6:4

Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall;

Zephaniah 1:9

In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves That leave not a bone till morning.

Acts 24:9

And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;