Micah 7:3
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
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1 Kings 21:9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
Proverbs 16:30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
Isaiah 26:21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Jeremiah 4:22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
Ezekiel 34:21Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them 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 →