Micah 2:1

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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.

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Work

Psalm 36:4

Proverbs 4:16

Because

General references

Proverbs 4:16

Ezekiel 11:2

Mark 7:20

Bible References

To

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

and when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:

A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:

And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:

Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.

and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Work

He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

Because

It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take care that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand to help it.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.

General references

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:

And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.