Micah 3:11 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Her leaders have judged for tributes, and her priests have taught for payment, and her prophets divined for money. And they leaned upon the Lord, saying: "Is not the Lord in our midst? No disaster will overcome us."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Its heads judge for reward and a bribe and its priests teach for hire and its prophets divine for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, Is not the Lord among us? No evil can come upon us. [Isa. 1:10-15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Her officials give justice for a bribe, and her priests teach for hire. Her prophets offer divination for silver, yet they rely on the LORD, saying, “Isn’t the LORD in our midst? Evil won’t come upon us!”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Her princes have judged for bribes, and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

English Standard Version 2016

¹¹ Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.”

Micah 3:11 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 17:23

The impious receives gifts from the bosom, so that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders are unfaithful, the associates of thieves. They all love gifts; they pursue rewards. They do not judge for orphans, and the widow's case is not brought before them.

Isaiah 48:2

For they have been called from the holy city, and they have been founded upon the God of Israel. The Lord of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 5:23

For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.

Isaiah 56:11

And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:

Jeremiah 23:17

To those who blaspheme me, they say: 'The Lord has said: You shall have peace.' And to every one who walks in the depravity of his own heart, they have said: 'No evil will overwhelm you.' "

Jeremiah 26:7

And the priests, and the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:12

They have denied the Lord, and they have said, 'It is not him,' and, 'Evil will not overwhelm us. We will not see famine and the sword.'

Jeremiah 6:13

Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not choose to trust in lying words, saying: 'This is the temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!'

Jeremiah 8:10

Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.

Ezekiel 22:12

They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her leaders in her midst are like wolves seizing the prey: to shed blood, and to perish souls, and to continually pursue profit with avarice.

Ezekiel 34:2

"Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?

Hosea 4:18

Their feasting has been set aside; they have committed fornication after fornication. They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.

Hosea 4:8

They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.

Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And the Lord God of hosts will be with you, just as you have asked.

Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people will die by the sword. They say, "Disaster will not come near us, and it will not overcome us."

Micah 3:5

Thus says the Lord about the prophets who seduce my people: They bite with their teeth and preach peace, and if anyone does not give something to their mouth, they sanctify a battle against him.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are crazed; men without faith. Her priests have polluted what is holy; they have acted unjustly against the law.

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you that would close the doors and enflame my altar without pay? I have no favor in you, says the Lord of hosts. And I will not accept a gift from your hand.

Malachi 2:9

Because of this, I also have made you contemptible and debased to all the people, just as you have not served my ways, and you have accepted a face in the law.

Numbers 16:15

And Moses, being very angry, said to the Lord: "Do not look with favor on their sacrifices. You know that I have not accepted from them, at any time, so much as a young donkey, nor have I afflicted any of them."

Numbers 22:7

And the elders of Moab, and those greater by birth of Midian, continued on, holding the price of divination in their hands. And when they had come to Balaam, and had explained to him all the words of Balak,

Matthew 3:9

And do not choose to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God has the power to raise up sons to Abraham from these stones.

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Titus 1:11

These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain.

1 Peter 5:2

pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone after the way of Cain, and they have poured out the error of Balaam for profit, and they have perished in the sedition of Korah.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.