Micah 7:3
The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Kings 21:9And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people,
Proverbs 16:30He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.
Isaiah 26:21For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.
Jeremiah 4:22For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.
Ezekiel 34:21Because you thrusted with sides and shoulders, and struck all the weak cattle with your horns, till they were scattered abroad:
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 →