Micah 2:7

New Living Translation

Should you talk that way, O family of Israel? Will the Lord’s Spirit have patience with such behavior? If you would do what is right, you would find my words comforting.

Cross References

Psalm 119:65

You have done many good things for me, Lord, just as you promised.

Psalm 119:68

You are good and do only good; teach me your decrees.

Psalm 15:2

Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.

Psalm 18:26

To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity, but it destroys the wicked.

Proverbs 10:9

People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.

Proverbs 14:2

Those who follow the right path fear the Lord; those who take the wrong path despise him.

Proverbs 2:7

He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.

Proverbs 28:18

The blameless will be rescued from harm, but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I came? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called? Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason! For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

Isaiah 58:1

“Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Shout aloud! Don’t be timid. Tell my people Israel of their sins!

Jeremiah 15:16

When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

Jeremiah 2:4

Listen to the word of the Lord, people of Jacob—all you families of Israel!

Hosea 14:9

Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.

Micah 3:9

Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he said to me, “This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Numbers 11:23

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true!”

Matthew 3:8

Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.

John 8:39

“Our father is Abraham!” they declared. “No,” Jesus replied, “for if you were really the children of Abraham, you would follow his example.

Romans 7:13

But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.

2 Corinthians 6:12

There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us.

2 Timothy 3:5

They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!