Micah 7:2

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“The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.”

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BSBPD

“The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men--there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt <FI>with<Fi> a net.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 7:2 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
  2. 1 Samuel 26:20So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
  3. Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
  4. Psalms 12:1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
  5. Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
  6. Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
  7. Psalms 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
  8. Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
  9. Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
  10. Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
  11. Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
  12. Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
  13. Jeremiah 5:16Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
  14. Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
  15. Jeremiah 16:16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
  16. Lamentations 4:18They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
  17. Hosea 6:9Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
  18. Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
  19. Habakkuk 1:15The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
  20. Acts 24:9The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
  21. Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

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