Micah 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11'Shall 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 concerning 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 the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.
Jeremiah 5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen 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 →