Micah 3:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,”
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“Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Micah 3:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 3:16Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
- Leviticus 26:15and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
- Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Nehemiah 13:17Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
- Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 17:23A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Micah 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
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