Micah 2:6

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““Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.””

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BSBPD

““Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Prophesy ye not, thusthey prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Ye do not prophesy--they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 2:6 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
  2. Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
  3. Jeremiah 6:14They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
  4. Jeremiah 8:11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
  5. Jeremiah 26:8and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
  6. Jeremiah 26:20Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.
  7. Ezekiel 3:26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
  8. Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
  9. Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
  10. Amos 2:12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
  11. Amos 7:13But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
  12. Amos 8:11Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
  13. Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
  14. Acts 4:17But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
  15. Acts 5:28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
  16. Acts 5:40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
  17. Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  18. 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

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