Micah 6:10
Are there yet in the house of the wicked man the treasures of wickedness, and the scant accursed measure?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
11Can I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag [full] of deceptive weights?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Joshua 7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass on the devoted things; for 'Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted things: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death.
Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a tongue of falsehood is like the fleeting breath of those that seek death.
Jeremiah 5:27As a coop is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore are they become great, and grown 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 →