Micah 3:11 - Tree of Life Version

¹¹ Her leaders give judgment for a bribe. Her priests give direction for a price. Her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on Adonai by saying: “Is not Adonai in our midst? No calamity will come upon 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!”

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."

Micah 3:11 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 17:23

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

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.

Isaiah 48:2

For they call themselves by the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel, Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name.

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!

Isaiah 56:11

and the dogs are greedy— they never have enough. They are shepherds with no discernment. They have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

Jeremiah 23:17

They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘Adonai has said, you will have shalom.’ To everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say: ‘No evil will come on you.’”

Jeremiah 26:7

So the kohanim, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of Adonai.

Jeremiah 5:12

They have lied about Adonai saying: “Not He! No harm will come to us. Nor will we see sword or famine.

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for gain, and from prophet even to kohen, everyone practices deceit.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in deceptive words and say ‘The Temple of Adonai, the Temple of Adonai, the Temple of Adonai!’

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. For from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the kohen everyone practices deceit.

Ezekiel 22:12

They accept bribes in order to shed blood in you; you have taken usurious interest. You have greedily gained by oppressing your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing at prey, spilling blood and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 34:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, thus says Adonai Elohim: “Oy , shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should shepherds not take care of the sheep?

Hosea 4:18

Their liquor has come to an end. They surely have practiced prostitution. Her rulers have deeply loved disgrace.

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sin of My people and relish their iniquity.

Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil, so you may live, and so Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot may be with you —just as you said!

Amos 9:10

By the sword shall all the sinners of My people die, those who say: ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

Micah 3:5

Thus said Adonai about the prophets who are misleading My people, those who bite with their teeth and cry “Shalom”—a word that He did not put in their mouth— yet they consecrate war against him:

Micah 7:3

Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the night, leaving nothing but bones for morning.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her kohanim have profaned what is holy. They do violence to Torah.

Malachi 1:10

“If just one of you would shut the doors, and not light My altar uselessly! I have no delight in you,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “Nor will I accept any offering from your hand.

Malachi 2:9

“So I also have made you despised and lowly to all the people, because you are not keeping My ways but show favoritism in Torah.”

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to Adonai, “Do not accept their offering. I haven’t taken from them a single donkey, nor have I wronged one of them!”

Numbers 22:7

The elders of Moab and Midian left with divination fees in their hand. When they came to Balaam, they told him Balak’s words.

Matthew 3:9

and do not think that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’! For I tell you that from these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced—those who upset entire households by teaching what they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain; they were consumed for pay in Balaam’s error; and in Korah’s rebellion they have been destroyed.

1 Samuel 8:3

His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain—they took bribes and perverted justice.