Micah 6:12
For her rich men are full of violence, And her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Shall I count her pure with the wicked balances, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
13Therefore will I sorely smite thee, And make thee desolate on account of thy sins.
Cross References
Psalms 120:2O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth, Because their tongues and their deeds are against Jehovah, To provoke his holy eyes.
Isaiah 59:3For your hands are polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips speak falsehood, And your tongue muttereth wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men, Who lie on the watch like fowlers; They set a trap that they may catch men.
Jeremiah 9:2O that I had a traveller's lodge in the wilderness, That I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers; An assembly of revolters.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold the princes of Israel are engaged every one according to his strength within thee to shed blood.
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 →