Micah 7:3
Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
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1 Kings 21:9And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;
Proverbs 16:30He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
Isaiah 26:21For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
Jeremiah 4:22For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
Ezekiel 22:6See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
Ezekiel 34:21Because you have been pushing with side and leg, pushing the diseased with your horns till they were sent away in every direction;
Matthew Henry on Micah 7:2-7
The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 700.) 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first-ripe fruit. 2 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. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his… Read the whole commentary →