Micah 7:3
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
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1 Kings 21:9She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high amongst the people.
Proverbs 16:30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
Isaiah 26:21For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
Jeremiah 4:22“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
Ezekiel 22:6“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
Ezekiel 34:21Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad,
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 →