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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Psalm 36:4

Proverbs 4:16

Because

General references

Proverbs 4:16

Ezekiel 11:2

Mark 7:20

Bible References

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And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are different from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to tolerate them.

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

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plot, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Behold, he brought forth iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.

A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn.

The schemes also of the schemer are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks justly.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.

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

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

There has one come out of you, that imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.

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

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

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Work

He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.

For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

Because

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke unto me last night, saying, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Your sons and your daughters shall be given unto another people, and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no strength in your hand.

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

Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above: therefore he that delivered me unto you has the greater sin.

General references

For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

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

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