Micah 2:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.”
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“Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Woe <FI>to<Fi> those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is--to God.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Micah 2:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:29I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
- Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
- 1 Kings 21:7But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- Esther 9:25But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
- Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Psalms 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalms 140:1Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
- Proverbs 3:27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
- Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
- Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
- Proverbs 12:2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- Isaiah 3:14The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
- Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
- Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
- Ezekiel 11:2And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
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