Micah 6:12
For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood,—and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights?
13Moreover also, I, have made thee sick with smiting thee,—laying thee waste because of thy sins.
Cross References
Psalms 120:2O Yahweh! rescue thou my soul—from the false lip, from the deceitful tongue.
Isaiah 3:8For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and, Judah, hath fallen,—Because, their tongue and their doings, are against Yahweh, Provoking his glorious presence,
Isaiah 59:3For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity,—Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.
Jeremiah 5:26For there have been found among my people lawless men,—One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture men:
Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness, a wayfarers’ lodge, That I might leave my people, and go from them,—For they all, are Adulterers, An assemblage of traitors;
Ezekiel 22:6Lo! the princes of Israel, every man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding 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 →