Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord calls to the city—to respect your name is to be wise—pay attention to the rod and who summoned it.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8The Lord has told you what is good, and what the Lord asks from you: to do what is right, to love kindness, and to walk in humility with your God.

10Are there still ill-gotten gains in the houses of the wicked? Are they still using dishonest measures in selling grain?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1Once during David's reign there was a famine for three years in a row, and David asked the Lord about it. The Lord replied, “It's because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

Job 5:6For evil doesn't come from the dust; neither does trouble grow from the earth.

Job 10:2I will tell God, “Don't just condemn me—tell me what you have against me.

Psalms 9:16The Lord is known for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. Higgaion. Selah.

Psalms 83:18Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.

Proverbs 22:3If you're sensible you see danger coming and get out of the way; but stupid people just keep going and pay for it.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:7-9

Anxiety Respecting the Divine Favour. ( b. c. 710.) 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord , and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to… Read the whole commentary →

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