Micah 6:12
Your rich people make money by using violence; they tell lies and practice deceit.
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11How can I accept those who use unfair scales and dishonest weights?
13So I will strike you to make you ill; I will ruin you because of your sins.
Cross References
Psalms 120:2Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has collapsed and Judah has fallen because of what they said and did in opposition to the Lord, rebelling right in front of him.
Isaiah 59:3Your hands are covered in blood and your fingers tainted with guilt, your lips speak lies and your mouth whispers evil things.
Jeremiah 5:26For there are wicked men among my people. They're like bird-trappers, secretly watching and waiting to catch people in their snare.
Jeremiah 9:2I wish I had a temporary shelter in the desert—I would give up on my people and leave them, because they're all adulterers, a bunch of traitors!
Ezekiel 22:6Look at how all of your leaders in Israel use their power to murder.
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 →