Micah 2:1

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Cross References

Genesis 31:29

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

1 Kings 21:7

And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

Esther 3:8

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Esther 5:14

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Esther 9:25

but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and that he and his sons should he hanged on the gallows.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their belly prepareth deceit.

Job 24:14

The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

Psalm 36:4

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 36:5

Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

Psalm 58:3

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

Proverbs 12:2

A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Proverbs 3:27

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Isaiah 29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off:

Isaiah 3:14

The LORD will enter into judgement with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices 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 smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Ezekiel 11:2

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city,

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus saith the Lord GOD It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:

Ezekiel 46:18

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Nahum 1:11

There is one gone forth out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, that counselleth wickedness.

Zechariah 7:10

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Mark 15:1

And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

Luke 20:19

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

Acts 23:12

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

Acts 23:15

Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to slay him.

Romans 1:30

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Deuteronomy 28:32

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thine hand.