Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

10Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

Job 5:6For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

Job 10:2I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

Psalms 9:16\9:15\The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

Psalms 83:18\83:17\Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

Proverbs 22:3The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:7-9

Anxiety Respecting the Divine Favour. ( b. c. 710.) 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord , and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to… Read the whole commentary →

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