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Micah 7:6

For a son dishonors his father, 1 a daughter rises up against her mother, 1 and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 1 A man's enemies are the people of his own house. 1

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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 any neighbor; 1 put no confidence in any friend. 1 Be careful about what you say 1 even to the woman who lies in your arms. 1

7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. 1 I will wait for the God of my salvation; 1 my God will hear me. 1

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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 outside.

2 Samuel 15:10But then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you must say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.'”

2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel answered Absalom, “Go sleep with your father's slave wives whom he has left to keep the palace, and all Israel will hear that you have become a stench to your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”

Psalms 55:12For it was not an enemy who rebuked me, 1 then I could have borne it; 1 neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, 1 then I would have hidden myself from him. 1

Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father 1 and scorns obedience to a mother, 1 his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, 1 and he will be eaten by the vultures. 1

Jeremiah 12:6For even your brothers and your father's family have betrayed you and have loudly denounced you. 1 Do not trust in them, even if they say nice things to you. 1

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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