Micah 7:6

For son insults father, daughter rises up against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law, a man’s enemies are the people of his own household.

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In The King James Version

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

In Context

5Do not trust your neighbor, do not rely on a friend. From the wife who lies in your arms guard your tongue.

7But I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!

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Cross References

Genesis 9:22Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers about it.

Psalms 55:12The taunts were not those of a foe that I could have borne; the disdain was not that of an enemy I could have shunned them:

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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