Micah 3:11

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Summary

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

Heads

And the priests

And the prophets

Jude 1:11

Yet

Romans 2:17

None evil can come

Amos 9:10

General references

Bible References

Heads

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

And Moses was very wroth, and said unto Jehovah, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

And the priests

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

And the prophets

Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:

Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Woe unto them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

Yet

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

None evil can come

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.

General references

And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

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

And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.