Micah 3:9

Tree of Life Version

Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel: You who abhor justice, and twist everything upright,

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

So I complained to the nobles of Judah and asked them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing? You are profaning Yom Shabbat!

Exodus 3:16

“Go now, gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them: ‘Adonai, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—has appeared to me, saying, I have been paying close attention to you and have seen what is done to you in Egypt.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the wicked and condemning the righteous: both are an abomination to Adonai.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked one receives a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 18:5

Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away, because they refuse to act justly.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.

Ezekiel 44:23

“They will teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and explain to them the difference between the unclean and the clean.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you: For you were a snare at Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.

Leviticus 26:15

and if you reject My statutes and if your soul abhors My ordinances, so that you do not keep all My mitzvot, but instead break My covenant,

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood threw righteousness to the ground.

Micah 1:1

The word of Adonai that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—visions he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 3:1

Then I said: “Hear, leaders of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is the one who twists justice for the outsider, orphan and widow.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’