Micah 6:12

For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

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In The King James Version

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

In Context

11Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

13So I have made a start with your punishment; I have made you waste because of your sins.

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Cross References

Psalms 120:2O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

Jeremiah 5:26For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

Jeremiah 9:2If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

Ezekiel 22:6See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:10-16

Accusations and Threatenings. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The Lord 's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their… Read the whole commentary →

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