Micah 2:2

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away,—and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:8

Alas for them who join house to house, Field to field, bring they near,—Until there is no room, But ye are left to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land:

Jeremiah 22:17

Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

Ezekiel 18:12

The oppressed and the needy, hath treated with violence, Hath ruthlessly plundered, The pledge, hath not restored, But unto the manufactured gods, hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination, hath wrought;

1 Timothy 6:10

For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.

Malachi 3:5

Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,—and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel,—who abhor justice, and, all right, do pervert:

Ezekiel 22:12

Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,-Interest and increase, hast thou accepted And thou hast overreached thy neighbour by oppression, And me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.

2 Kings 9:26

Surely, the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, have I lately seen, declareth Yahweh, therefore will I requite thee in this portion, declareth Yahweh. Now, therefore, take him up, and cast him forth into the portion, according to the word of Yahweh.

Exodus 20:17

Thou shalt not covet, thy neighbours house,—thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s wife nor his servant nor his handmaid nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything which belongeth unto thy neighbour.

Job 31:38

If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;

1 Kings 21:1

And it came to pass, after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had, a vineyard, which was in Jezreel,—hard by the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.

Ezekiel 8:17

Then said he unto me Hast thou seen O son of man? Is it too small a thing for the house of Judah, to be committing the abominations which they have committed here,—that they have fled the land with violence and have again provoked me to anger and there they are! putting the branch to my nose.

Ezekiel 22:13

Lo! therefore I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made— And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye men have taken your stand by your sword. Ye women have wrought abomination, And every man—with the wife of his neighbour, have ye defiled yourselves; And the land, shall ye inherit?

Ezekiel 46:18

So then the prince shall not take of the inheritance of the people to oppress them out of their possession, out of his own possession, shall he give an inheritance to his sons,—to the end that my people be not scattered, any one out of his possession.

Amos 2:7

Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert,—Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name!

Micah 6:12

For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood,—and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.

Isaiah 3:14

Yahweh, into judgment, will enter, With the elders of his people And their princes,—But ye, have consumed the vineyard, That which hath been robbed from the oppressed, is in your houses.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Let it more than suffice you O princes of Israel, Violence and spoil, remove ye And justice and righteousness, execute,— Lift off your acts of expulsion from upon my people, Urgeth My Lord Yahweh.

Amos 4:1

Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,—who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!