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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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1 Kings 21:9And she wrote in the letters, saying: 'Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
Proverbs 16:30He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
Isaiah 26:21For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of His place to visit upon the inhabitants of the earth their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Jeremiah 4:22For My people is 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 might, have been in thee to shed blood.
Ezekiel 34:21Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak 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 →