Micah 7:2

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Summary

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Is perished

They all

Hunt

Habakkuk 1:15

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Bible References

Is perished

{To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.

according as it is written, There is not a righteous man, not even one;

They all

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;

Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.

Hunt

And see, my father, yes, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou liest in wait for my life to take it.

And now, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when they hunt a partridge on the mountains.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.

Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them, from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:

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Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."

And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so.