Micah 7:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Do

Proverbs 4:16

Jeremiah 3:5

Ezekiel 22:6

The prince

Matthew 26:15

The great

1 Kings 21:9

Wrap

Isaiah 26:21

Luke 12:1

1 Corinthians 4:5

General references

Bible References

Do

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

Will he be angry {forever}? Will he maintain [it] {always}'? Look, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could."

Look! The princes of Israel, each [one] according to his strength, they are in you {for the shedding of blood}.

The prince

Its rulers judge for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money. But they lean on Yahweh, saying, "[Is] not Yahweh in our midst? Disaster will not come upon us."

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

Its officials [are] like wolves tearing prey in its midst, to pour out blood, to destroy people, to make dishonest gain.

When their drinking has ended, they surely indulge in sexual orgies. They love lewdness more than their glory.

For I know your transgressions [are] many and your sins [are] numerous, [you] foes of [the] righteous, those who take a bribe, and {those who} push aside [the] poor [ones] in the gate!

[and] said, "What are you willing to give me if I in turn deliver him to you?" So they set out for him thirty silver coins.

The great

She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

Wrap

For look! Yahweh [is] about to come out from his place to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against him, and the earth will disclose her blood and will no longer cover her slain.

During {this time} [when] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.

General references

"You shall not steal.

And when you sell something to your fellow citizen or [you] buy from your neighbor's hand, you must not oppress {one another}.

'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.

For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.

I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice [there was] evil; instead of righteousness [there was] wickedness.

And justice is pushed back, and righteousness stands afar; for truth stumbles in the public square, and straightforwardness is unable to enter,

And Yahweh said to me, "A conspiracy is found among the {people} of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

By their wickedness they make [the] king glad, and [the] officials by their treacheries.

Why do you cause me to see evil [while] you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.

who went to the chief priests and the elders [and] said, "We have bound ourselves under a curse to partake of nothing until we have killed Paul

And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting these [things] were so.