Micah 6:10
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and 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 →