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Micah 7:2

For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders his way aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbor:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Alas for me! for I am become as one gathering straw in harvest, and as one gathering grape gleanings in the vintage, when there is no cluster for me to eat the first-ripe fruit: alas my soul!

3they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks a reward, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:20And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek thy life, as the night hawk pursues its prey in the mountains.

Psalms 12:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1 How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? forever? 1 How long wilt thou turn away thy face from me? 1

Psalms 14:1A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? 1 And who shall dwell in thy holy mountain? 1

Proverbs 1:11If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, 1 And let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth: 1

Isaiah 3:5And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honorable.

Isaiah 59:7And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;

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 →

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