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

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For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm.

Wilt thou then put me away and cast me off for ever? Or wilt thou withdraw thyself clean from me?' Nevertheless, thou speakest such words, but thou art ever doing worse and worse."

Behold, the rulers of Israel have brought every man his power, to shed blood in thee.

The prince

O ye judges, ye give sentence for gifts; O ye priests, ye teach for lucre; O ye prophets, ye prophesy for money. Yet will they be taken as those that hold upon God, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? Tush, there can no misfortune happen us."

Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

Wherefore, I will give their wives unto aliens, and their fields to destroyers. For from the lowest to the highest, they follow all filthy lucre: and from the Prophet unto the priest, they deal all with lies.

Thy rulers in thee are like ravishing wolves, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, for their own covetous lucre.

Their drunkenness hath put them back, and brought them to whoredom. Their rulers love rewards; "Bring," say they, to their own shame.

As for the multitude of your wickednesses and your stout sins, I know them right well. Enemies are ye of the righteous; ye take rewards; ye oppress the poor in judgment.

and said, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?" And they appointed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

The great

And she wrote in the letter, saying, "Proclaim fasting and set Naboth on high among the people,

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For behold, the LORD will go out of his habitation, and visit the wickedness of them that dwell upon earth. The earth also shall disclose her own blood, and shall no more hide those that are slain in her.

As there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people - insomuch that they trod one another - he began to say unto his disciples, "First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.

General references

"Thou shalt not steal.

"'When thou sellest ought unto thy neighbour or buyest of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

"'Cursed be he that taketh a reward to slay innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

The ungodly taketh gifts out of the bosom, to wrest the ways of judgment.

For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lips talk of mischief.

Moreover, I saw under the sun ungodliness in the stead of judgment, and iniquity instead of righteousness.

And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed.

And the LORD said unto me, "It is found out, that whole Israel and all these citizens of Jerusalem are gone back.

They make the king and the princes, to have pleasure in their wickedness and lies.

Why lettest thou me see weariness and labour? Tyranny and violence are before me, power overgoeth right:

And they came to the chief priest and elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves with a vow, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

The Jews likewise affirmed, saying that it was even so.