Micah 6:12

in which rich men thereof be filled with wickedness? And men dwelling therein spake leasing, and the tongue of them was guileful in the mouth of them. (in which the rich there be filled with wickedness? And those living there spoke lies, and their tongues were deceitful in their mouths.)

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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

11Whether I shall justify the wicked balance, and the guileful weights of a little sack, (Can I justify a wicked, or a false, balance, and a bag of deceitful weights,)

13And I therefore began for to smite thee, in (to) perdition on thy sins. (And so I began to strike thee down unto perdition, for thy sins.)

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Cross References

Psalms 120:2Lord, deliver thou my soul from wicked lips; and from a guileful tongue. (Lord, save thou me from wicked lips; and from a deceitful tongue.)

Isaiah 3:8For why Jerusalem fell down, and Judah fell down (al)together; for the tongue of them, and the findings of them, (or for their words, and their deeds), were against the Lord, for to stir to wrath the eyes of his majesty.

Isaiah 59:3For why your hands be defouled with blood, and your fingers with wickedness; your lips spake leasing (or your lips speak lies), and your tongue speaketh wickedness.

Jeremiah 5:26For there be found wicked men in my people, setting treason, as fowlers setting snares and traps, to take men. (For the wicked be found among my people, setting treason, like fowlers settings snares and traps, to take hold of, or to catch, people.)

Jeremiah 9:2Who shall give me into a wilderness of diverse waygoers? (or Who shall show me a place for waygoers in the wilderness?) And (then) I shall forsake my people, and I shall go away from them. For why all be adulterers, and the companies of trespassers against the law;

Ezekiel 22:6Lo! [the] princes of Israel, all in their arm, were in thee, to shed out blood. (Behold! the leaders of Israel, all in their power, were in thee, to shed out 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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