Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
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In Context
11Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Joshua 7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 20:10Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Jeremiah 5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
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 →