Micah 6:9

The voice of Jehovah crieth to the city, And the man of wisdom will discern thee; Hear ye the rod, and who hath threatened it!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; What doth Jehovah require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly before thy God?

10Are there not yet in the houses of the unrighteous the treasures of iniquity, And the scanty measure, which is abominable?

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Cross References

Job 5:6For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;

Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me! Show me wherefore thou contendest with me!

Psalms 9:16Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. [[Stringed instruments. Pause.]]

Psalms 83:18That they may know that thy name alone is Jehovah; That thou art the Most High over all the earth.

Proverbs 22:3The prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple rush on, and are punished.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:7-9

Anxiety Respecting the Divine Favour. ( b. c. 710.) 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord , and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to… Read the whole commentary →

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