Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

11Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?

13Therefore also will I make thee sicke in smiting thee, and in making thee desolate, because of thy sinnes.

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Cross References

Psalms 120:2Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.

Isaiah 3:8Doubtlesse Ierusalem is fallen, and Iudah is fallen downe, because their tongue and workes are against the Lord, to prouoke the eyes of his glory.

Isaiah 59:3For your handes are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquitie: your lips haue spoken lies and your tongue hath murmured iniquitie.

Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

Jeremiah 9:2Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of wayfaring men, that I might leaue my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and an assembly of rebels,

Ezekiel 22:6Beholde, the princes of Israel euery one in thee was ready to his power, to shed blood.

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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