Micah 2:1

Tree of Life Version

Oy to them who scheme wickedness, who work out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning, they do it, for the power is in their hands.

Cross References

Genesis 31:29

It is in the power of my hand to do evil with you, but yesterday the God of your fathers spoke to me, saying, ‘Watch yourself—lest you say anything to Jacob, good or bad.’

1 Kings 21:7

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, do you really govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, eat some food, and let your heart be merry! I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Esther 3:8

Haman then said to King Ahasuerus: “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of every other people and who do not obey the king’s laws. It is not in the king’s interest to tolerate them.

Esther 5:14

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let them set up a gallows 50 cubits high, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go happily with the king to the banquet.” This idea delighted Haman and he ordered the gallows to be built.

Esther 9:25

But when it came to the king’s attention, he issued a written edict that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. (

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief and bring forth evil and their belly prepares deception.”

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.

Psalm 36:4

His mouth’s words are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and do good.

Psalm 36:5

Even on his bed he plans sin. He puts himself on a path that is no good, never refusing evil.”

Psalm 58:3

No, in heart you devise injustice. Your hands weigh out violence on earth.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from Adonai, but He condemns a person with evil schemes.

Proverbs 14:22

Indeed those who plot evil go astray but grace and truth come to those who plan good.

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep until they do evil. They are robbed of sleep until they make someone fall.

Isaiah 29:20

For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, and all watching to do evil cut off.

Isaiah 3:14

Adonai will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and with the princes: “You have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 32:7

The scoundrel’s methods are evil— he makes up wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house and merge field to field, until there is no room, and you will live 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 mutters wickedness.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”

Ezekiel 11:2

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men that devise sin and give wicked counsel in this city,

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your sword, commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you possess the land?’

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus says Adonai Elohim: “It will come to pass in that day that things will come into your heart and you will devise an evil plan.

Ezekiel 46:18

The prince must not take from the people’s inheritance, evicting them wrongfully out of their property. He must give inheritance to his sons out of his own property, so that My people will not be displaced, anyone from his own property.”

Micah 6:12

For the rich of the city are full of violence and its inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue in their mouth is deceit.

Nahum 1:11

Out of you has come a schemer of evil against Adonai, a counselor of Belial.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the outsider or the poor. Furthermore, do not let any of you devise evil against one another in your heart.’

Mark 15:1

Right at daybreak, the ruling kohanim held a meeting to consult with the elders and Torah scholars and the whole Sanhedrin. They tied up Yeshua, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.

Luke 20:19

The Torah scholars and the ruling kohanim tried to grab Him that very hour, because they realized that He spoke this parable against them—but they feared the people.

John 19:11

Yeshua answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it hadn’t been given to you from above. For this reason, the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”

Acts 23:12

When it was day, the Judean leaders formed a conspiracy. They bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

So now you and the Sanhedrin serve notice to the commander to bring him down to you—like you are about to investigate his case more thoroughly. But we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

Romans 1:30

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents.

Deuteronomy 28:32

“Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while your eyes look on, longing for them all day long—but your hand will be powerless.