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 particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king's laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.

Haman's wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented." It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

But when the matter came to the king's attention, the king gave written orders that Haman's evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies --

For the music director; a psalm of David. O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.

A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."

The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the Lord, a wicked military strategist.

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,

Work

He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Because

I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, 'Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.'

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin."

General references

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him.