Micah 2:1

New Living Translation

What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so.

Cross References

Genesis 31:29

I could destroy you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and warned me, ‘Leave Jacob alone!’

1 Kings 21:7

“Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don’t worry about it. I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard!”

Esther 3:8

Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said, “There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king’s interest to let them live.

Esther 5:14

So Haman’s wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman’s evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.

Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their womb produces deceit.”

Job 24:14

The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief.

Psalm 36:4

They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their actions are never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.

Psalm 36:5

Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

Psalm 58:3

These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.

Proverbs 12:2

The Lord approves of those who are good, but he condemns those who plan wickedness.

Proverbs 14:22

If you plan to do evil, you will be lost; if you plan to do good, you will receive unfailing love and faithfulness.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them.

Proverbs 4:16

For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day. They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.

Isaiah 29:20

The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment on the elders and rulers of his people: “You have ruined Israel, my vineyard. Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.

Isaiah 32:7

The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the cause of the poor is just.

Isaiah 5:8

What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.

Isaiah 59:3

Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your lips are full of lies, and your mouth spews corruption.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”

Ezekiel 11:2

The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.

Ezekiel 33:26

Murderers! Idolaters! Adulterers! Should the land belong to you?’

Ezekiel 38:10

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.

Ezekiel 46:18

And the prince may never take anyone’s property by force. If he gives property to his sons, it must be from his own land, for I do not want any of my people unjustly evicted from their property.”

Micah 6:12

The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.

Nahum 1:11

Who is this wicked counselor of yours who plots evil against the Lord?

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.

Mark 15:1

Very early in the morning the leading priests, the elders, and the teachers of religious law—the entire high council—met to discuss their next step. They bound Jesus, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.

Luke 20:19

The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people’s reaction.

John 19:11

Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

Acts 23:12

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way.”

Romans 1:30

They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.

Deuteronomy 28:32

You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break for them, but you won’t be able to help them.