Micah 6:12

Whose rich people are full of violence, her inhabitants liars, whose tongues speak deceit?

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In The King James Version

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

In Context

11Can I leave her unpunished because of evil scales, and the bag of false weights?

13“But I indeed, have begun to punish you, to lay you in ruins because of your sins.

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Cross References

Psalms 120:2“Deliver me, Lord, from the lip that is false and the tongue that is crafty.”

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 →

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