Micah 2:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

To

Work

Psalm 36:4

Proverbs 4:16

Because

General references

Proverbs 4:16

Ezekiel 11:2

Mark 7:20

Bible References

To

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows fifty cubits high made and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

But when it came to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;

Preserve me from violent men

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He devises wicked schemes
To destroy the afflicted with slander,

Even though the needy one speaks what is right.

For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

From you has gone forth
One who plotted evil against the Lord,
A

wicked counselor.

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

slanderers,

haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

Work

He plans wickedness upon his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not despise evil.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Because

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘

Be careful not to speak either good or bad to Jacob.’

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and yearn for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,

When it is in your power to do it.

Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

General references

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.