Micah 7:2

New Living Translation

The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.

Cross References

Psalm 10:9

Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.

Psalm 12:1

Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!

Psalm 12:2

Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.

Psalm 57:6

My enemies have set a trap for me. I am weary from distress. They have dug a deep pit in my path, but they themselves have fallen into it. Interlude

Proverbs 1:11

They may say, “Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush, but the words of the godly save lives.

Isaiah 3:5

People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. Young people will insult their elders, and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.

Isaiah 57:1

Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Misery and destruction always follow them.

Isaiah 9:19

The land will be blackened by the fury of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people will be fuel for the fire, and no one will spare even his own brother.

Jeremiah 16:16

“But now I am sending for many fishermen who will catch them,” says the Lord. “I am sending for hunters who will hunt them down in the mountains, hills, and caves.

Jeremiah 5:16

Their weapons are deadly; their warriors are mighty.

Jeremiah 5:26

“Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They continually set traps to catch people.

Jeremiah 8:6

I listen to their conversations and don’t hear a word of truth. Is anyone sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!

Lamentations 4:18

We couldn’t go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end was near; our days were numbered. We were doomed!

Ezekiel 22:12

There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 24:6

“Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: What sorrow awaits Jerusalem, the city of murderers! She is a cooking pot whose corruption can’t be cleaned out. Take the meat out in random order, for no piece is better than another.

Hosea 5:1

“Hear this, you priests. Pay attention, you leaders of Israel. Listen, you members of the royal family. Judgment has been handed down against you. For you have led the people into a snare by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.

Hosea 6:9

Priests form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims. They murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin.

Micah 2:8

Yet to this very hour my people rise against me like an enemy! You steal the shirts right off the backs of those who trusted you, making them as ragged as men returning from battle.

Micah 3:10

You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption.

Micah 3:2

but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.

Zechariah 11:6

Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the Lord. “I will let them fall into each other’s hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.”

Acts 24:9

Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true.

1 Samuel 24:11

Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

1 Samuel 26:20

Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of the Lord? Why has the king of Israel come out to search for a single flea? Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?”