Micah 3:2

Israel's Leaders Denounced

¹ And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right? ² You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones; ³ Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.

My People

What is Good

Psalm 53:4

Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

Ezekiel 34:3

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

1 Kings 21:20

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

1 Kings 22:6-8

So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

Psalm 139:21-22

Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Isaiah 3:15

By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.

Amos 5:10-14

They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

Amos 8:4-6

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

Zechariah 11:4-5

This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;

Luke 19:14

But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

John 7:7

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

John 15:18-19

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

John 15:23-24

He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

John 18:40

Then again they gave a loud cry, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was an outlaw.

Acts 7:51-52

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

Romans 1:32

Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

2 Timothy 3:3

Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,